Just Pictures

Today's post has no theme other than that of showing you what I consider to be interesting photos. All taken recently by me from around our home in the retirement village called, Waitakere Gardens, here in Henderson, a western suburb of Auckland, NZ.  

I hope you enjoy them.  

From our balcony in the morning.

From Earth, at night.  Admire the edge and craters of the Moon. 

This photo is unusually sharp. We live at sea level and since our climate is classed as, "temperate rainforest," our humidity levels are general high, which makes getting closeup shots like this difficult.  I often have focusing problems due to the water vapor in the atmosphere. 

But every now and then....

I haven't seen this product before.  I found them in St. John's Butchery in Glen Ennis. These are apparently lamb-filled pockets of dough, that you bake for dinner.  

An explosion of color, halted at .0001 second.  

An early-bird

A moment in time. 

Flowers in a planter along our roundabout

Life and death in a planter on our balcony.  Jeanne and I sat and watched the drama play out.  

A close-up of the preceding photo. As this honey bee, no doubt from our hives, passed by, a spider reared up and grabbed it, probably instantly injecting some venom into it. It buzzed madly for only seconds before dying.  The spider then slowly dragged its succulent meal down into the darkness beneath the growing succulents.  

This was taken today, 9/24/25.  We've had over an inch of rain already.  This was taken from outside the cafe, at the end of the Atrium, looking across some of the rose gardens to the apartment building called, Millbrook.  

Again, from our balcony in the morning.  I hope you enjoyed them all.  -djf