Moss and Dew
Dew covered mosses on the Ian Wells Track.
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Category: Patterns (page 1 of 7)
Patterns
Having fun with the curves and shadows of the New Lynn substation.
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Trimmed
Nice patterns on the trimmed trunk of a phoenix palm. Avondale.
Bird Track
Ripples in the sand on Karekare beach.
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Mudflats
Patterns in the receding tide at Taumanu Reserve
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Pipes
Pipe storage at Onehunga wharf.
Expanding Artwork
In a downstairs window at Te Uru: there was a supply of paper and scissors, table and chairs. Use it to cut and fold 3D shapes, and leave them in a tray. A good fairy would then come (armed with sticky tape) and create a display. Here just two details.
Expanding Artwork
Weaving Patterns
Next to Westgate, Massey, there are huge developments going on. As I was driving through, I came across these interesting retaining walls with weaving patterns around a filtration pond – eye catching!
In the middle of the picture above is Rick, cutting paving material to the correct thickness to insert into the footpath at the intersection.
Rick at Work
Detail of the Wall
Spring Onions
At the Avondale Markets.
Firewood
The other day I took delivery of a load of firewood (not a moment too soon as it turned out, since our heat pump died shortly after). This was one of the pieces: the bark had come off, and the work of the larvae of bark beetles was showing clearly.
This is how I think it works: A bark beetle carves out a ‘brood gallery’ through the bark (two of them visible here), laying eggs along the way. Eggs hatch, larvae eat, forming these food galleries, and when they have matured, they pupate in those cosy nests at the end of their corridor. When the time comes they find their way out through the bark and the cycle repeats.
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