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Rā 365 Rāmere 30 o Hakihea

Posted by robeanne

Penultimate day of the year and it was glorious; blue sky and sunshine.  Great day for a couple of circuits of Pukemokmoke.  Then chilling in the garden. So many flowers out now and the veggies are taking off (apart from the beans which seem to be a favorite of the snails!)

A sure sign of summer is the song of the cicadas.  I love it. Reminds me of the south of France.  I heard this one as I was sitting reading and liked around to see where he was.  Right on the top of the sun shade.  The sunlight glistening on his wing is beautiful. 

Day 43 February 12th 2016

Posted by robeanne

Not much to choose from today – a day spent at the computer working.  But as I sit in my office with the sliding doors open I am serenaded by the chatter of birds and cicadas.  I am not very good at the whole standing every twenty minutes and moving around especially when I am engrossed in a job.  I tend to want to just get it done.  However, when the heat is sweltering and I realise I have been hunched over for a while and I am distracted by a new bird call, I get up to have a look.  Two little wax eyes flit around in the tree.  Unfortunately too quick to snap them but as I stand under the tree something flashes past my face and lands on the tree in front of me.  Beautiful

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