Storm clouds gather.

Storm clouds over Taranaki St / Courtney Place.

Evening walk, Pōneke.

Evening glow in the window of a bar and walk in.

Very proud of my octogenarian parents taking part in te hikoi mō Te Tiriti today!

A historic event.

Te Aro park, Pōneke.

Glorious day in Pōneke the day before the hikoi mō Te Tiriti hits town.

It’s going to be a fascinating day tomorrow.

Kelburn morning walk

Te Motu Kairangi (Miramar), Te Whanganui a Tara

Last marmalade of the season

Glorious early morning at Mata-i-Rangi #morning #matairangi #pōneke #wellingtonnz

Seagulls, Wellington

Oriental Bay, Spring

Birthday brunch with Bill

Sliver moon, Wellington NZ

Leeds Street, winter’s evening.

Glorious evening light flying out of Wellington to Brisbane and Vanuatu.

#travel #flying #dusk #eveninglight #wellingtonnz #pōneke #brisbane #vanuatu

Extraordinary birthday dinner at Rita with Bill - briefly in Wellington between Florida and Vanuatu.

Thank you to my wonderful bestie Sam Mackay for helping me to buy my latest bookstack from Unity Books in Wellington:

  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover (D.H. Lawrence 1928)
  • Mona of the Manor (Amistead Maupin 2024)
  • A History of Japan in Manga (Shunchiro Kanaya 2022)
  • The Land Wars - the dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony (John Laband 2020)
  • Normal Women- 900 years of making history (Philippa Gregory 2023)

#books #bookstack #history #friends

Spring in Wellington #spring #wellington #pōneke #sun #trees

Blue sky over a sunny street wtih spring green trees

Wet evening, Willis St, Wellington

Rain washed street scape with yellow and red lights from shops, cars and street lights reflecting on the street. People in pink, red and other colours cross the road.

Pōneke sunset sequence from the air

Sunset and clouds from the air - orange blush on the cloudsSunset and clouds from the air - orange and yellow cloudsSunset and clouds from the air - deep orange and bright yellow on the clouds