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		Agapanthus. While photographing the sunrise from my backdoor, I noticed this Agapanthus flower. It had grown from a collection of dirt that piled up on the concrete. The stalk and stems leading to the buds are not as black as they look here, but I think the contrast is nice.
My Place, Wellington. 6:26 am, Tue 2nd Feb, 2010

		My Backyard. My backyard mostly get left to it's own devices, and consequently is a very nice place.
My Backyard, Wellington. 2:04 pm, Fri 8th Jan, 2010

		Flax Flowers. This is the flax flower that?s grows close to my front door, in fact I have to move it, or duck under it, or walk through it to leave or get into my house, it would be easy just to break it, but I'm not like that, some would call it dumb or whatever. The other day I was glad of my dumbness, as I stepped out my front door, a Tui landed on the flower, it was like 10 feet from me! We looked at each other for a while, and then the Tui bounced along the flower to the open buds and investigated some of them with it's beak. I believe flax is a favourite of Tui birds :)
My place, Wellington. 3:50 pm, Sun 13th Dec, 2009

		Budding Dahlia. A newly opened flower on the Dahlia that persists in growing despite the hardships of its position.
My place, Wellington. 2:51 pm, Sun 9th Mar, 2008

		Little Fungus. A nice place for little people to shelter under in the rain? Is it normal for little mushrooms to have a hole in the top of them like this?
Fields Track Road, between Hwy 49 and Hwy 4, Manawatu. 12:45 pm, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		Purple Grass Seed. This picture gives me a wonderful summery feeling, as it was of course being the second to last day of 2007.
Fields Track Road, between Hwy 49 and Hwy 4, Manawatu. 11:55 am, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		Purple Grass Seeds. This image is not technically great I guess you could say, but there is no requirement for an image to be perfect before it can be a valid picture. The definition of Image and Picture (in my opinion) might be useful to include here: Image is a view of a 'Subject', it is completely objective and has no value judgements like aesthetics involved, where as a Picture implies a subjective judgement, it includes things like borders or frames, it includes textures, it includes colour saturation and hue, it includes composition, also it includes technical aspects (such as Focus). Put it this way, you don't hang Images on your wall, you hang Pictures on your wall! It is subtle I know, but at the end of the day, this is not a great image, but (in my opinion) it makes a nice Picture!
Fields Track Road, between Hwy 49 and Hwy 4, Manawatu. 11:54 am, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		Pottery Sheep. These sheep have seen better days, they are sort of going through a process of blending in with their surroundings.
Ohakune, National Park. 10:32 am, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		Red Flowers. Some lovely red flowers. Ask me not what kind they are and I won't have to tell you I don't know :)
Ohakune, National Park. 10:31 am, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		Give Me That Nectar! They are like Bumble Bee sleeping bags! They could shelter in them when they leave it too late to go home ;)
Ohakune. 10:28 am, Sat 29th Dec, 2007

		The Sun On A Stalk. Open for business, and all it has to give is life! It charges not a cent or anything else for it's nectar or it's beauty, in fact it is in need of assistance, to propagate itself and continue the line.
My Place, Miramar, Wellington. 10:45 am, Fri 21st Dec, 2007

		Furry Seeds. What a cool design! It makes me wonder about nature and natures ways, and also about beauty and what it is. At the end of the day if something works it does not matter how good it looks, but thankfully we seem to harmonise with natures ways and find many things in our world to be beautiful. Perhaps beauty is not so much about the physical appearance, but more about the existence of life and the degree to which we can relate to and admire that life's ways?
My Place, Miramar, Wellington. 10:18 am, Fri 21st Dec, 2007

		Concrete Man in a Rose Garden. In the front yard of the 'Blue House' was a smallish rose bed with this nice wee statue sitting amongst the roses, I think it looked cool, and still do :)
Foxton. 5:55 pm, Sun 9th Dec, 2007

		Rain Spattered Flower. A less confused flower from the garden of the 'Blue House' in Foxton, I ended up at this place through a misunderstanding, thinking it was the house of someone it was not and since the actual occupiers were not home, I never realised till too late, oh well, most unfortunate but life is like that at times, and there were benefits.
Foxton. 5:47 pm, Sun 9th Dec, 2007

		Sunshine in a Flower. Slightly out of control was this garden, but with the raindrops everywhere and the lovely flowers, it was just my kind of garden!
Foxton. 5:47 pm, Sun 9th Dec, 2007

		Yellow Flower with Rain Drops. Looking at the tips of the petals on this lovely flower, I am reminded of a dandelion, yet the center reminds me of a sunflower, perhaps it is a 'Sundelion'? ;)
Foxton. 5:44 pm, Sun 9th Dec, 2007

		Red Rose and Rain Drops. There is something very sophisticated, and self assured about roses, they are so outstanding in the garden, their blooms all so strongly individual, and yet they appear to be 'low key' and modest about it hiding their pollen in their multitude of petals, their colours often variegated and subtle, but oh so rich!
Foxton. 5:40 pm, Sun 9th Dec, 2007

		From Out of the Muck (Beautiful Things Come). Water Lilies, how lovely they are!
Peka peka, Wellington. 3:01 pm, Tue 27th Nov, 2007

		Yellow Roses. The bloom looks a little ragged, but it's standing up there proudly, with its young looking extremely rich, it's hard to believe they are on the same bush.
Rose garden, Botanical Gardens, Wellington. 3:27 pm, Tue 6th Nov, 2007

		Pink and Scarlet Rose Bloom. One of the countless variety of roses to be seen in the Lady Norwood Rose Garden of the Wellingtons Botanical Gardens. At the right time of the year the Rose Garden is ablaze with colours and scents.
Bot Gardens, Wellington. 3:20 pm, Tue 6th Nov, 2007

		Flower With Little White Orbs Hovering. These wee flowers are so unnoticeable when you are wandering, I'm not sure if they ever have all their petals on the flower and 'out' at the same time, because they always look like this to me. I reckon they look very cool :)
Botanical Gardens, Wellington. 2:48 pm, Tue 6th Nov, 2007

		Two White Flowers in the Grass. I don't know what kind of flowers these are, they are about 2 cm's across perhaps, but they have a lovely look. It was a nice sunny day in the Botanical Gardens, and I was looking for butterflies?
Botanical Gardens, Wellington. 2:44 pm, Tue 6th Nov, 2007

		Purple Flowers. A few days after appearing, and looking a little less leathery now, but still the only flowers on the whole tree.
Pekapeka, north of Wellington. 12:14 pm, Thu 27th Sep, 2007

		Yellow Flowers. The Cresanthemums that my sister Jill got for my birthday a few weeks back, it was very nice to have their colour around for the time that they were flowering.
My place, Miramar, Wellington. 9:36 am, Thu 27th Sep, 2007

		Nature At Work. There's one of the Bumble Bees! For some reason Bumble Bees seem to make me think about how brimming over the world is with life and beauty, they are so tireless, and so successful at their job.
Pekapeka, north of Wellington. 5:45 pm, Fri 21st Sep, 2007

		Cherry Blossom Flowers. One small branch of a whole small tree covered with flowers like these. When I walked under the branches I became aware that there were many Bumble Bees buzzing from flower to flower as they all stopped buzzing until I stood quietly for a short time, then they all started happily buzzing again.
Pekapeka, north of Wellington. 5:44 pm, Fri 21st Sep, 2007

		Bumble Bee on a Blue Flower. Not the most technically fantastic Picture around, but I like the little Bumble Bee feeding away, couldn't care less what was going on around him, just carrying out it's service to the plant getting a feed at the same time (undoubtedly an over simplification of it all but never mind :))
Pekapeka, north of Wellington. 5:38 pm, Fri 21st Sep, 2007

		Rare Visit from the Purple Flowers. I'm not sure (hah I don't know more like it!) what kind of tree this one is, but it flowers rarely ,these were the only two flowers on the entire tree. They look almost leathery at this early stage, perhaps they are triggered by the full moon?
Pekapeka, north of Wellington. 5:18 pm, Fri 21st Sep, 2007

		Soaking up the Last of the Sunshine. Don't know what kind of flowers they are but they look lovely in the slightly gold light of the lateish afternoon.
Pekapeka, Wellington. 5:10 pm, Sat 28th Jul, 2007

		Dahlia Flower. This is what the bud in the previous or next picture turns out to look like (depending on the sort order). I cannot say that I am a gardener in fact far from it, I let nature do her own gardening you could say ;) but this little plant has popped up every year to brighten my backyard, very beautiful.
My place, Miramar, Wellington. 4:55 pm, Fri 16th Mar, 2007

		Dahlia Bud. Looking so young and vibrantly fresh this wee bud was soon to open itself up and expose its red petals to the world, ain't nature clever and most beautiful!
My place, Miramar, Wellington. 4:55 pm, Fri 16th Mar, 2007

		Mini Tumbleweed. Sand again, and a sand inhabitant.
Waikanae Beach. 6:08 pm, Thu 8th Mar, 2007

		Christmas Flower (Pahutakawa). This is the flower of the Pahutakawa tree. In New Zealand it is considered to be our Christmas tree since it blossoms late December, and it creates such beautiful splashes of red around the place.
Waikanae. 8:34 pm, Tue 26th Dec, 2006

		Daisy Like Flowers. Early morning, waiting for the sun to come up in Napier, I had to push the sensitivity up to 800 to get an acceptable shutter speed, possibly it is that that gives this a grittyness I'm not entirely sure I like.
Entry to Port of Napier. 4:56 am, Fri 24th Nov, 2006

		Fairy Flower with Missing Parachutes. Its really hard getting these type of pictures focused with even a slight breeze blowing, I think I did ok. There is a tiny little bug on this flower just above the seeds.
My Backyard, Wellington. 3:47 pm, Thu 11th May, 2006

		Funny Little Flower of the Deadly Nightshade. Another tiny little flower that is really quite un-notable when seen normally, but up close, what a bizarre little flower, its petals look like they are starting to fray.
My Place, Wellington. 3:47 pm, Thu 11th May, 2006

		Clover Flower. Such tiny little flowers these are, and yet they are just like big flowers, they look like sex!
My backyard, Wellington. 3:45 pm, Thu 11th May, 2006

		Humble Bug on Humble Daisy. The world of macro is a wonderful place, but we just cant really see it most of the time. Humble insect on a humble Daisy!
My backyard. 4:24 pm, Wed 26th Apr, 2006

		Red Flowers. Are these red flowers or are they red leaves? I guess they are flowers but the petals look so much like the plants leaves.
Peka Peka, Kapiti Coast, Wellington. 4:05 pm, Sat 8th Apr, 2006

		Tui in a Tree. As I was being enchanted by the vividness of the blossoms on this tree, I became aware that I was not the only one who liked them, this Tui was enjoying the nectar to be found in the little flowers. Very flexible little critters!
Puhoi, 50km north of Auckland. 1:32 pm, Mon 15th Aug, 2005

		Blossoming Tree. The colourfulness of this tree caught my attention, it was so vivid and the surrounding so idyllic!
Puhoi, 50km north of Auckland. 1:29 pm, Mon 15th Aug, 2005

		Precious Devotion. A moment to remember yesterday, and a moment to remember today and tomorrow.
Hauai Bay, Bay of Islands. 2:32 pm, Sun 14th Aug, 2005

		Resting? Like shadows, they try to remember the flesh long gone that they stand strait and resolute to commemorate. We are none of us perfect specimens of humanity and so I salute you, you strangers who wish to be remembered well.
Russell, Bay of Islands. 10:36 am, Sun 14th Aug, 2005

		Downward Facing Flowers. Sometimes I think that buds look better than flowers, although they don't have the obvious colour and delicate design, or the fragrance, they do have the 'promise' of things to come and they all look brand new and un-blemished.
Far North Road, Pukenui. 11:40 am, Fri 12th Aug, 2005

		Flowers by the Side of the Road. Just a little flower.
Far North Road, Pukenui. 11:40 am, Fri 12th Aug, 2005

		Not Quite Coconuts. Along the path there is a wealth of plant and tree life to see, many of them carrying name plaques. This is a Nikau Palm, with its colourful berries ready to fall.
Wairere Boulders, off the road to Kaikohe. 11:59 am, Wed 10th Aug, 2005

		Coral Tree. Looks like this tree found some water to grow in, while the sheep and cows concentrate on mowing the grass for the farmer.
North of Opononi. 9:42 am, Wed 10th Aug, 2005

		Flowers in the Sunshine. Had to have a walk around the grounds of the camping grounds in the sunshine, it was very nice.
Whatoro (I think), or Kaihu. 9:41 am, Tue 9th Aug, 2005

		Coral Tree Flowers. I thought these were Kaka beak flowers. The Kaka is a big green parrot, with a big parrots beak so you can see why I might think that, however I recently discovered that it is in fact a Coral Tree (Erythrina Sykesii).
Tapora, Kaipara Harbour. 5:07 pm, Sun 7th Aug, 2005

		Undergrowth and Rocks. Wandering along a dirt road through an Ecological Reserve, south of Mt Ruapehu, I found this darling little snippet of nature.
Near Mt Ruapehu. 9:17 am, Sun 17th Jul, 2005