Saturday, 13 January 2024

January 11, 2024 at Waitakere Gardens

Today's weather conditions are just about perfect. It's the kind of day that makes up for the annoying ones.  It's maybe a smidgin hotter than it needs to be, but what is summer without a little solar excess?  No complaints from me.  

My post today is basic. I simply wandered around and took pictures between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. I hope that you enjoy the views.  


An interesting bit of sky and cloud, I thought.  



Jeanne and the gardening crew helped the professional Bark gardeners plant these flowers about five weeks ago.  



A view of some Millbrook flowers and a reflection.  




Overlooking the southeast corner of the gardens. The ramp goes up to the potting shed area. The asparagus bed that Jeanne suggested and had built is showing good growth in the center of the picture.  The Opanuku Stream runs next to the garden. 



The fountains to the left of the main Atrium entrance. On such a day, the five-year old part of my brain wants to sit and splash my feet in the water.  


The right side of the entrance. Johanna worked very hard several weeks ago, weeding this area and Margaret was watering it one evening recently.   



Looking up in the Fernery.



The stone sheep have chosen well, it's a cool, shady spot.  



People are being moved out of the Palms and into other apartments around the village. It will shortly disappear under a layer of white plastic as it undergoes renovation.  I hear it will look significantly different when it re-emerges. I'll show it to you when it does. This is an early-morning view, with the shadows of palms upon The Palms. 

I do have one regret about this transformation.  The far corner of the top floor is the location I refer to as Arthur's Corner.  It is from here that I've taken some excellent photos of the Moon, Mercury, Aldebaran, The Pleiades and the Sky Tower.  I am told that that area will all be enclosed and my view compromised.  Progress....                              



I started today's post with a view of sky and cloud, and will end with one as well.  I caught this skyscape last night shortly after 9 p.m. The final stragglers of sunshine were barely visible, nudging the very highest of clouds.  The wind was picking up.  Note the fluttering fronds.  The clouds you see disappeared just seconds after I snapped this photo and the winds, taking liberties in the darkness, set the fronds to whirling or even whipping.    -djf






2 comments:

  1. Thank you for all the refreshing views of the gardens and especially the very productive work Jeanne and her gardening partners have done in them!

    The cloud formations in your first picture are so fascinating and looked at first like waves or drifting snow. I can also imagine those cloud waves are forming a tunnel like a roll cloud. Very cool!

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