Carrot Weed (Daucus Carota)
The flower heads of wild carrot (daucus carota), more poetically known as “Queen Anne’s Lace”, are pretty during all stages of their development (but not much liked in pastures).…
Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Month: February 2014 (Page 3 of 3)
Fly a Kite!
More Skywatch images at the Skywatch Site!…
Bus Shelter, New North Road
A quaint old-fashioned bus shelter, constructed from volcanic scoria rocks, embedded in the walls of Alice Wylie Reserve, Mount Albert.…
Five Pied Shags
In fluent Latin I present to you a group of five pied shags (pied cormorants in Australia), beaks pointing straight forward, eyes firmly looking sideways, as I moved closer to the end of O’Neills Bay on our Auckland West Coast.…
Vineyards at Kumeu
Kumeu River Wines along State Highway 16 at Kumeu. Bird netting to keep the starlings and their friends off the grapes.
Vineyards at Kumeu
Gannet Chick
There are plenty of gannet chicks growing up at Muriwai’s gannet colony. Lots of them are in their fluffy white coat as above, some are growing their wing feathers (wings getting heavy as a consequence, and drooping to the ground).…
Auckland Art Gallery
The City Daily Photo theme for February is “Entry”, and mine is a free one, courtesy of Auckland City. My last visit was just a few days ago.
Revolving doors, one for entry and one for exit.…
Crossing a Stream
Crossing the shallow Waitakere Stream at Te Henga (Bethells Beach) in brilliant afternoon sun.
For more black and white images check out Dragonstar’s Weekend in Black and White.
View my growing list of selfies.…
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