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| Winter Stalks Roger Smith, 2013 |
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Monday, 14 October 2013
Today's Art - Winter Stalks
Monday, 9 July 2012
The Season Of Slumber And Decay
The thrushes get bolder mid winter. Five them pointing to all points of the compass stood stock still as I passed and then resumed their desperate search for grubs amongst the leaf litter. In the plentiful bounty of summer or spring they would have immediately taken flight, but not so mid-July.
The walking tracks in my neighbourhood are muddy with sections forever shaded from a weak sun that is low in the horizon. It's been a cold winter with temperatures dropping to zero degrees and a solid frost glistening white on the roof tiles.
It's a season of slumber and decay. Old wood is cast aside and the bored holes make by huhu bugs are exposed. There is evidence of foraging animals and the pavements adopt a mossy green camouflage.
Amidst all of the dank grey-green and gloom there are some bright spots. One species of manuka is resplendent with its canopy of white flowers and a fantail flits amongst the branches, accompanying me part of the way.
The walking tracks in my neighbourhood are muddy with sections forever shaded from a weak sun that is low in the horizon. It's been a cold winter with temperatures dropping to zero degrees and a solid frost glistening white on the roof tiles.
It's a season of slumber and decay. Old wood is cast aside and the bored holes make by huhu bugs are exposed. There is evidence of foraging animals and the pavements adopt a mossy green camouflage.
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| Old borer holes and rotting logs Photo: Roger Smith 2012 |
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| Flowering manuka Photo: Roger Smith, 2012 |
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| The White Feather Photo: Roger Smith, 2012 |
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