green fingers

Smokin'

The photo at left was taken recently in Palmerston North. The smoke is courtesy some pyrotechnics at the stock car races. The photo at right was taken last year in Las Vegas. The smoke there was courtesy a welder getting a bit loose on a building site.

the rain didn't stop us

Nadine came to visit and we spent some very enjoyable productive time in the Whanganui cemetary. Even a few rain showers didn't stop us. Some of the resulting photographs may feature in an upcoming project.

Greg Johns sculpture

This Greg Johns work is the second sculpture commissioned for Palmerston North by the Sculpture Trust. The planting of the native grasses around it really sets it off.

blue opening

If you're needing to chill out, Thermostat Gallery is currently a calm blue ocean. Works from the current show Blue are from left to right by Mandy Algie, David Boyce and Rachel Rakena.

some Hawkes Bay trees

the princess and the pirates

Seen here are Sophie and Princess Whiskers, and Tom and the pirates.

road sign interventions

There appears to be a bit of an issue in the Hawkes Bay with drivers pushing cyclists off the road.

rivermouth, Haumoana

As I post these images, it is raining really heavily here. I can't help thinking of the situation in Victoria, Australia, where the dry landscape and strong winds have fanned the devastating bushfires which have killed so many people. I lived in Melbourne years ago and visited a friend who lived in that tree-covered landscape. It was beautiful there.

room with a view

Some of the beach front houses at Haumoana which have all been designed for views of the sea.

Te Mata Peak

Definitely one of my favourite parts of the country.

blue

This is a detail of one of my works for the Blue photography exhibition at Thermostat Art Gallery, opening 14 February.