by Juliet Batten | 28, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Winter has arrived uninvited, even though it is still May. Yesterday an icy blast swept the country, bringing snow to the south. In Dunedin, schools were closed as many roads were impassable. Ruth from Central Otago sent me this photo of her herb garden covered in... 
by Juliet Batten | 25, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Tonight I was invited to the Steiner School, where the kindergarten pupils had been preparing all week for the annual Lantern Festival. I was a little puzzled by the timing, since our Halloween has passed and winter solstice is a month away, but evidently... 
by Juliet Batten | 23, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Every season has its own special fruits. My eye was caught by these bright little berries, on the pavement by the library. They are titoki, and I posted about them the year I saw them for the first time. Titoki is one of our native trees, also known as NZ oak.... 
by Juliet Batten | 23, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Red leavesScuttle in gangsScratching the brickwork Or fan out, spreading their glory,while others drop to where they can dance more freely.I lift my head to enjoy their bright bunting hanging out against the sky,and my toes wriggle inside my autumn... 
by Juliet Batten | 20, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
New fruit crowds the lemon grove:unseemly jostling. Boronia leaves fan out against a terracotta step. Flame tree turns lemon-leafed this brightautumn. 
by Juliet Batten | 15, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Around the time of our southern hemisphere Halloween, odd creatures appeared, like this gecko, caught in the outdoor washbasin at the bach, trying to escape, and eventually succeeding, but not before I snapped these photos. And then on the beach... 
by Juliet Batten | 4, May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Come with me; we are going to take off our shoes and walk through the hinterland. I always loved that word, from when I first learned it at school. It means ‘the land behind the coast’, [German hinter: behind, plus land).I think of it as...