Winter in NZ

[vilakins]

I posted these photos to show_me_a_world for this week's topic on the season, and thought I'd put them on my journal too as people may be interested.

It's winter here, ho hum. It's often dark, grey, wet, and unrelieved by any bright spots unlike northern winters. It's not helped by all our native trees being evergreen, but at least there are some flowers out in our garden.

I took all of these over three days (wet, misty, and sunny respectively) in our garden or from a window.


Wet lower deck.


Ferns reflected on wet railing


Rainy view from bedroom window


Misty morning, which turned into quite a sunny day


White camellias. These always bloom in June, and seeing them come out a week ago reminded me of my cat Claudia who died on the 18th last year, a beautiful sunny winter's day on which I saw the first camellia.


The tree beside that one has deep pink camellias which bloom later, and the buds are starting to show colour.


Vireya (tropical rhododendron). This is on the deck in a pot and badly needs repotting or planting in the garden. I am not a good gardener.


European tree and neighbour's house. My sister is lucky enough to have all European trees around her house in the country, so she gets lots of light in winter.

Comments

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

It's amazing comparing pets once the worst of the hurt has subsided, isn't it? Jasper has some habits that Rusty would never have considered. Including digging things in my parents' garden. Mum is a good gardener, but has lost her potted bean crop to Jasper's habit of carelessly snapping at any green thing within reach of his muzzle. (He does this to artificial green stuff too, silly thing.)

I particularly the views down the hill.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think Jasmin is the naughtiest and most untrainable cat I've had, till I remember what Claudia was like for her first three years and how many plushies and shoes she destroyed. I think Jasmin is finally calming down.