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26/08/2018

August 27, 2018

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'the office'
'treasures"
"completion"
"new" plant
"seeds"
"Stone Mattress"
"The Consolations of Philosophy" by Alain de Botton
"to do"lists
"to-do" list
"Torching the Dusties"

6.50am
a bubble
acceptance
activities
adaptation
administrative business
Agapantha flowers
age
aging
air quality
airborne salt spray
all stirred up
alone
altered views
Amazing Monday morning. Opunake. New Zealand
amazing morning
anticipation
anxiety
Anzac Day
appreciation
art making
Artichoke
Arum lilies
at the break
athletic track
attachments
attention
Auckland
Auckland. New Zealand
Autumn
avoidance
awareness
awareness of the present
awesome light
balancing act
balancing acts
bare bones
battering
beach
beautification
beauty
beauty spot
before the electrical storm. spring weather
behaviour
best friend
between showers
beyond comfort boundaries
big swells
binary reaction
binoculars
bird food
blessings
blind power
blow
blue stingers
boat ramp
boating
boats
Bog Works Big Wave International
born
boulders
box thorn hedge
breakwater
breathing
Brexit
broken wire
bucking the dominant trend
buds
busy brain
C45
california poppy
calm in the middle of a storm cycle
calm ocean
calves
campers
Canada
canopies
cap cloud
catching up
cemetery
centered.
centering
central purposes
challenges
change
Chatham Island Forget-me-not
children
choices
Christmas morning
cicadas
civilization
clarity
Clear sky
cliff
cliff top
cliff top garden
close inspection
cloud
cloud forms
cloud patterns
clouds
clouds. dreams
coastal exposure
coastal walkway
coastline
coffee
cohesion
cold
cold frost
colour feast
colour-scape
coloured flaxes
colours
communal living
communicating
communication
communication currents
community
community contributions
community garden
companion planting in the wild
completion anxiety
concrete dreams
confinement
conflicts
connection
connections
contrails
contrast
control
Coprosma
core values
counting my blessings
cows
creatives
crisp morning
crushing
cultural storm
daily
daily diary
daily musing
daily musings
daily woman
dairy
dairy herd
Daisy
Daphne
darkness
dawn
dawn chorus
day break
day lilies
daybreak
daywake
deadlines
death
death as a sport
debilitating
decay
deciduous trees
decluttering mandate
delicacy
demands
destiny
detachment
detail
diary
diary. Opunake. Taranaki
different encounters
direction
dirty water
discipline
disconnect from rules
discontent
discovery
disintegration
distortion
distraction
disturbed world
divesting
dog drinking place
dog heaven
dogs
double rainbows
drains
dramatic dawn
dreams
dreamy
driftwood sculpture
drizzle
drizzly rain
drizzly rain.
drought
dry
duck hunting
duck shooting season
ducks
Dudley's Bridge
early
early morning
early morning light
early mornings around Opunake
Earth
earthquake
electrical storm
elements
emotional tension
empathy
energised
energising
energy
energy release
enjoy
enriching
enrichment
enthusiasm
environment
equality
Erlicheer
erosion
Eskdale Bush
esplanade reserve Opunake
essence
evidence
evidence of rain
excitement
exercise
exhausted
exhaustion
existence
explorations
expressions of beauty
extreme low tide
faith in humanity
familiar
Farm gate
fast change
fatigue
favourable impressions.
fear
feeling grounded
fence post. fencing
fence strainers
fences
fencing
feral plants
ferns
finally soft rain
finishing loose ends
first light
fishing
fishing competition
fishing.
fix
flat ocean
flax flower heads
flax seed heads
flaxes
flexibility
flexible response
flood lights
flow
flower carpets
flowering cherries
flowers
flushed river
foam
focus
folds
foot wash
footprints
form
Fort McMurray
foxgloves
fragility
fragrance
freedom
Freesias
fresh and salt water
fresh eyes
fresh viewpoint
frigid wind
frost
frost burn
frost on foreshore
frustration
fugitive
Full moon
fun
fungi
fungus
gale
garden
gardens
gecko
geese
generations
ghost moon
global horrors
gloomy day
glorious
glorious morning
glowing
gnarly
goal posts
going against the flow
golden light
golden sands
golden sunrise
gorgeous start
grass seed heads
grey sky
grounded
grounding
growth
grunty surge
gulls
gum
guns
habits
half full versus half empty
handrail
happiness
happy times
hatred
hawthorn
head full of ideas
headlamp
Headlands Hotel
healing
healing ocean
heavy heart
heavy rain
hiatus
hibernating
high water
history
holiday
holidays
home
homesick
horizon
huge tree
human life
humble
hydrangeas
ideas
illumination
imagination
impacts
imperfection
import
impressions
in the moment
inadequate camera
Incoming tide
incremental
Indian summer
indulgence
insights
insignificance of being human
inspiration
inspiration from Nature
instability
interconnectedness
interests
internal clocks
interpersonal
intricacy
irony
irreplaceable
its about light
jacaranda trees
jelly fish
jetty
jetty piers
judgement
kayak fishing
kelp
kelp rafts. Opunake. Taranaki. New Zealand
kids
king tide
king tides
knowing another
Kowhai flowers
lachenalia bulbs
lack of definition
lake
lake weed
lakeside giants
lamb
lame
land
late
layers
learning
left behind
lemons
lenticulars
letting go
lichens
life
life patterns
life.
light
light on the lake
limbing
limits
Limpets
lists
Lookout Point
loss
lost knowledge
Low
low energy
low mood
low personal energy
low tide
low tide patterns
low vis
luck
Lucky
macrocarpa trees
Main Beach
Main Beach Opunake
Main Beach. Opunake. New Zealand
making
making do
making practice
making spaces
man made barrier
man-made artifacts
Margaret Atwood
marks of time
materialising
materials
Maui Offshore Platform
memories
memory
memory vessels
mental alignment
mercy in nature
metaphors
micro-level
mid winter
Middleton Bay
Middleton Bay boat ramp
Middleton's Bay
Middletons Bay
mindful
mindful awareness
mindfulness
mindlessness
minimalism
Mollymawk
monarch butterfly caterpillar
monarch butterfly chrysalis
Monday
monofilament
moon
moon lurking at daybreak. Opunake
moon setting
moon.
moonset
more stile style on our walkway
morning
morning clouds
morning glory
morning light
morning mist
moss and lichen
Motherhood
Mothers Day
mountain and ranges
movement
moving
Mt Shy
Mt Taranaki
muddled
multiple proximities
Mum's Skirt
mushrooms
musings
my insignificance
my special treat
my waste stream
narratives
native
native flower
native plants
natural path
natural storm
natural world
nature
nature's cycle
nature's recycling
neglect
new
new growth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth Surf Comps
new vision
New Year
New Zealand
New Zealand.
New Zealand. Kina Beach
nice full tide. Middleton Bay
niches
night
No 33
no wind
noise
Norfolk Pine
Nw Zealand
Oak Trees
object lesson
observations
Obsolete
obstacles
ocean
ocean fodder
old
old and young
old buildings
old dog
old fav. Middleton Bay
old into new
Old railway station gate posts
only footprints
open studio
openings
opportunities
Opunake
Opunake Camp Ground
Opunake Coastal Walkway
Opunake High School runners
Opunake High School runners.
Opunake Lake
Opunake Main Beach
Opunake Main Street
Opunake Pony Club
Opunake recreational Reserve
Opunake Taranaki New Zealand
Opunake Taranaki. New Zealand
opunake Walkway
Opunake. Taranaki
Opunake. Taranaki. New Zealand.
Opunake.Taranaki New Zealand
order and stability
organic form
organic forms
original gates
out of focus. Opunake
outside
over-achieving
overcast
overwhelming
ozone
P and T marker
Pa Point
Paper-white
paradise
paradise duck
participation
passage
passage of time
passages
past eras
past lives
path
path less trodden
pathways
pattern
patterns
paua raiders
peace
peaceful
peaceful nature
people
perception
perfectionism
performance
perigee moon
perigee moon.
period of hiatus
permission
perspective
phenomena of day break
photo
photographic diary
photographic reflective diary
photographs
photography
photos
physical benefits
physical parameters
physical travel
picket fence
pine abundance
Pine catkins
pine needles
Pine trees
pines at the lake
pink sunrise
place
planting
Plantings
plants
pleasure
Pohutakawa flowers
pohutakawa tree
posts
Pouakai Ranges
power of nature
Power poles
pressure
Priorities
procrastination
progess
promises
protection
public engagement
public exposure
puddles
Puka Leaves
Pukeko
punters
purple iris
quiet
quitting
railings
rain
Rain coming
rain sheets
rain showers
rainbow
raindrops
raining
random
rather wet
rays of light
re-settling
reabsorption
Rec Reserve old glories
recording
records
recreational reserve
red sky
reeds
reef point
Reef point lookout
reflection
reflections
reflections.
reflective diary
reflective observations
refresh
refreshed
refuge
regrowth
reinterpretation of objects
relentless seas
relief
reminders
remnants
repetitions
respect of nature
restless
restoration
restricted light
restrictions
retreat
revelations
reward
rewards
rhythmic patterns
rich living
Riparian planting
ripples
robust
rock
rock art
rock face
rock hopping
rock pools
rock wall
rocks
rocky bottom
role models
rose bud
rosebud
rough
rough sea
routine
rubbish
rudderless
rugby
ruins
runoff patterns
rural Opunake
rust
rusted nails
sadness
safety
sailing
sand
sand hoppers
sandcastles
satisfaction
scale
scaring
scattered thoughts
school yard
scrunching
sea
sea foam
Sea fog
seagulls
Seasonal changes
seaweed
second home
secondary agents
secret clifftop garden
seed pods
seedlings
seeds
seize the chance
self aware.
self imposed "rules"
self management
self protection
self regard
self-awareness
self-care
selfhood
selling
sense of belonging
sense of direction
sensitivities
sentient creatures
sentinels
separation
setting in rain
shadows
shed
shells
shelter
shepherds' warning
shifting beach
shifting gear
shoots
shore
sickle moon
signage
silage bales
silhouettes
singing
singularity
sky
slaughter
sleep
sleep deprivation
sleepiness
slime
slow making
Smith's Bush
smooth
snow
so lucky. arriving light. Opunake. New Zealand
social contact
sodden
soft morning
solitary confirmations
solitary period
somber morning
soreness
soul food
South Taranaki
space
spider web
spider's nursery nest
spring
start of day
start of the day
still
still and grey
still contemplation
still lots of rain lurking
stillness
stimulating
stimulation
storm
storm clouds
storm's passage
storms
stormy sea early morning
story building
Stranded
strands
strange
stress
structure
studio
sudden shifts
sulky sky
summer
Summer morning
summer time
sunrise
sunset
support systems
Surf
surf breaks
surfies
surge
survival
survival.
swan plant
swans
swell
swimming
swollen river
symmetry
systematically
Taradise
Taranaki
Taranaki. New Zealand
Taranaki. New Zealand.
tasks
Tasman Street
temporary considerations
tensions in making
textiles
textural shifting
textures
The Lions Club
The Naki
The Naki.
the ocean
The Point
the progression of a sunrise. Opunake
the style of stiles
the walkway
the walkway.
these boots are made for walking.
thoughts
Thunderstorms
tidal patterns
tide
tidying
tidying up
time
tiny marks
to Do's
to-do lists
touch points
trace
traces
tracks
trailer trace
traits
tranquility
Transformation
transitions
transitory beauty
tree silhouette
tree stump
trees
Tui
Tuis
turn in the track
unaware
uncivilised
uncovered treasures
unfolding
unique works.
uniqueness
unsettled
unthinking
upheaval
uplifting
upset natural sequences
urban renewal
value
valueless
vapour trails
veiled
venturing out
vertical intersections
vision
vistas
visual treat
visual treats
volunteers
wading
Waiau River
Waiau River Point
wakefulness
walking
walkway
wall mural
War Memorial
warm
warmer
warmth
wash-down taps
water
water fountain
waterfront
wave cloud
waves
weather
weather change
weather system
weather vein
weathering
weaving
well-being
Wellington
West Coast
west coast living.
wet
wet and soggy
wet shoes
what where why?
Wheel trace
white paint
wild flowers
wild seas
wild stormy sea
wind
wind action
wind and rain
wind burn
wind carved sand
wind damage
wind driven surges
wind vein
wind wand
windows of opportunity
winds
windy
winter
Winter Rose
wish-list
without self determination
woman
woman's
work
worth
yacht
yellow pohutakawa
young lavender and flower
youth culture

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