Day 201 King Protea

I spotted this glorious 'King Protea' at The Gardens School today.

Day 200 Luminous Pearls

Day 199 First Daffodil

Day 198 Cafe at Kaiwaka

This structure is a well known feature as you drive through Kaiwaka!

Day 197 The old 'Town Hall'

This is the Town Hall in Whangarei. It was opened in 1921.

Day 196 Chess Pieces

I was at Pukekohe Intermediate today and I saw these huge chess pieces that the Students can play with out on the school playground!

Day 195 Another great sunset

Day 194 Winter Twilight

Day 193 Pot Luck Dinner

I went to dinner at a friends place tonight and one of the dishes was 'Glaswegian Curry'. Apparently there is such a thing as a Scottish 'Indian' Curry. It was scrumptious (I want the recipe Jane!)

Day 192 Winter Sunset

Day 191 Garlic in 6 months

We are two weeks late but finally we have planted the garlic.

Day 190 He is harmless...

He looks scary but really he is a softy!

Day 189 Artist and Author 'Shaun Tan'

Kohia Education Centre has several of 'Shaun Tan's' works of art hanging in their building.

Day 188 Flowers in Winter

Day 187 Buds ready to burst

Vegetarian Indian

I was working at a school today (first day of the school holidays and teachers are back at work!). They took me out for a 'curry' at their local 'Indian'! It was awesome. I can't remember what this dish was called but the English meaning was 'Little Lunch'!

Day 185 Red on Red

Day 184 Auckland City Skyline in Winter

Day 183 Contemplating the future

A very good friend of mine is an amazing professional photographer and took a wonderful portrait study of my daughter when she was 16. I used that photo as the motivation for this painting a few years later.

Day 182 Wall Mural

I saw this gorgeous wall mural at Willowbank School today. I particularly liked how the plantings complemented and framed the painting.