Painted Boxes: NZ Birds (Dan Mills)
(Wednesday is for painted boxes.)
This transformer at the intersection of Triangle Road and Elder Place in Massey (map), was decorated by Dan Mills. It depicts a number of New Zealand native birds (Harrier, Pukeko and NZ Wood Pigeon above, and more as indicated on the captions below, walking counterclockwise around the box).
Tui and Kowhai Flowers
Kingfisher, Morepork, Harrier, Pukeko
Whau Pod (Steve Woodward 2007)
Olympic Park in New Lynn (map) is home to a good number of works by Steve Woodward. This one is entitled Whau Pod, and if one thinks of these pods in terms of yesterday’s post (I certainly would), then one might well mutter about artistic licence and such like. However, the answer lies in looking at the pods after they have fully ripened, as in the picture below: one can clearly see the six chambers, filled with seeds of some pinkish coloration – the sculpture depicts their falling out of the pod.
One of the streams bordering Olympic Park is the Whau Stream.
Whau Pod with Seeds
Whau Pods
On Saturday we had thick fog until late morning, and I found these beautifully decorated whau pods at the Arataki Visitor Centre. The Whau (Entelia arborescens) is a shrub or small tree, endemic to New Zealand. It is a deciduous plant, laden with prickly seed pods in winter.
Lower Nihotupu Dam Spillway
We had a lot of rain lately, and as a consequence the spillway of the Lower Nihotupu Dam has turned into a raging torrent.
For more black and white images check out Dragonstar’s Weekend in Black and White.
A Gaggle of Geese
Wychwood Avenue, next to Lake Panorama.
Find more weekend reflections at James’ Newtown Area Photo.
Self Portrait with Rainbow
Very changeable weather of late, rain, sun, and hence some rainbows. Looking Southwest from top of Waltham Street, Palm Heights. The Waitakere Ranges in the background.
A Skywatch Friday photo. More Skywatch images at the Skywatch Site!
Bad Hair Day
Sedges in a wetlands next to the Project Twin Streams Walk and Cycleway, Sunnyvale.
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