pīpīwharauroa // shining cuckoo
            every spring i’m excited for the return of the pīpīwharauroa // shining cuckoo. their distinctive melody is a harbinger for
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        [more] morning swims
            i very rarely like photographs of myself—except when i’m underwater. i am certain that i have more photos
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        morning swims
            these past few days, the tide at our place has been perfectly timed for swims at high tide before breakfast.
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        commonplace vignettes
            Hello Wednesday. Hello friends.
I’m thinking about clothing for slow days. Ones in which i can sit and meditate,
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        wild weather
            fuji xt-3 fitted with a plastic lens
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        postcards from onetangi beach
            the leaves on certain trees are already sprouting their brightest of bright green shoots, pale pink buds of the first
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        august ending, a list
            the end of august always seems to perform a kind of seasonal alchemy; taking a dose of the winter dormancy
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        today's garden visitor
            tauhou // silvereye (waxeye) • we get loads of these little birds bouncing around in the trees and foraging for food in
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        today's garden visitor
            the tui, another nz native, also known as the parson bird because of the white tuft at its throat.
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        today's garden visitor
            historically found mostly on the outer islands of nz, due to predation, we’re so happy to see that kaka