Day: July 13, 2009

Tranquil Image

Last for the evening .   Three of Tranquil  Image  ,  quite a large bloom  , all were very even , on strong stems. Openned very flat , smooth show blooms as we would expect  from John. Hope these are…

Tranquil Images

  From the tranquil sea trip home, I put scores of photos on a memory stick and had hardly seen them since. Perhaps the most important photos of the evening. At the S I national, held in Nelson ,  John…

Arapawa

Close up on Arapawa,  —  a very steep , rugged  island , but with some beautiful , sheltered bays.   Tapuaenuku again ,  taken from the ferry on a tranquil sea , we were lucky as it can be very…

Arapawa

More of the South Island from the North.   In the bright sunset Photo , Arapawa Island is just right of center.   The other is for David Adams. David mentioned Mana Islandin his note on Karehana Sunset , his…

Kaikoura Ranges

In John’s second photo there appears to be a face outlined by the Kaikoura ranges. I suspect the nose on the face is Taupuanuku, the mountain on which Ed Hillary trained for his ascent of Everest in 1953. Dave