Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Sera's Tui
Sera Mitchinson is a designer selling her clothes at the Titirangi markets and elsewhere under the label “Selector“. Here she poses with her body art, a delicately tattooed tui on a flowering branch.
The tattoo artist is Peter Bauer, owner of Uptown Tattoo 175 Symonds St in Auckland (visit them on Facebook).…
Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa Australis)
The Passionvine Hoppers (Scolypopa Australis) are sap sucking insects and both their nymphal stages as well as the adults (shown) can create quite a mess with their secretions. They are a major pest for both passionfruit and kiwifruit, as the black fungus growing on the sugary ‘honeydew’ makes the fruit unmarketable.…
Four Oystercatchers
The tide is rising, and soon the birds will have to move. These are variable oystercatchers (Haematopus unicolor), a species occurring in New Zealand only. In the background the Ngunguru sandspit.
Find more weekend reflections at James’ Newtown Area Photo.…
Wild Ginger (Hedychium Gardnerianum)
Wild ginger thrives in the shade of the bush, but it is a serious weed, forming thick mattes of rhizomes and suffocating all other plant life. Birds spread the seeds widely.
From the Landcare Research website: Wild ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), also known as Kahili ginger, was originally grown in New Zealand as a garden plant.…
Letterbox at 452 Huia Road, by Iain Cathcart
We have shown this letterbox last July, but its makeup was a bit worse for wear at the time. Over the Christmas period new lipstick was applied, and Wow!
I found out that the maker of the letterbox (at 452 Huia Road) is Iain Cathcart, whose mother Ida lives not far from us and who we meet from time to time.…
The Carpenters Daughter, Three Kings
I had just left the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, pondering the possible meaning of “Matthew 12/12” (see the day before yesterday), when down the road at the intersection of Hillsborough and Mt Albert Roads I was confronted by a new puzzle: “Psalm 127:1“.…
Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena Sanderiana)
We went to celebrate the impending arrival of the year of the rabbit with the Auckland Chinese Community Centre at the ASB Showgrounds last Saturday. They did their best to help me into enduring poverty with everything that might bring me good fortune, not to mention the delicious foods and free displays of martial arts, dragon dances and more.…
Matthew 12/12, and Dog (Ceramic by Gregor Kregar, 2004)
What we see goes as two titles at the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre: 72 items entitled “Matthew 12/12” and one entitled “Dog” — ceramics by Gregor Kregar, an artist who works in Auckland and Berlin.…
White-faced Heron
A white-faced heron (Ardea novaehollandiae) reflects on lunch. These birds are quite common along shorelines and in wetlands.
Find more weekend reflections at James’ Newtown Area Photo.
For more black and white images check out Dragonstar’s Weekend in Black and White.…
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