It’s one of those posts where I appear to be stuck for words – most unlike me! And it’s not that we haven’t been busy either.
Things that I enjoy in no particular order …
Clouds
Big wet friendly noses
Self seeded turban pumpkins
A road that disappears to the beach
Beautiful blue skies
Homegrown organic vege
Zinnias past their best
Sunflowers that are saying goodbye
Grace
Waking to a misty autumn morning
Muriwai beach
Nature
My watering can 😉
Happy gardening, I hope you had a wonderful Easter!
Hi good shots as usual. We have had a storm here called Katie winds of up to 100mph off Isle of White. It’s a beautiful sunny morning but winds still at gale force. Don’t know what my garden is going to look like will know tomorrow when I return. Weather still looks fine with you, how are the olives coming on, have you still got a lot? The veggies look good viberant colours deserve to be cooked as they are and bring colour to the plate! All for now love to you both Bill xxx
Hi Bill … don’t much like the sound of that storm! That would absolutely destroy our olive harvest – which by the way is looking really good!!! I think we will have double the quantity we harvested 2 years back. Don’t those veg look fab? So many different colours – kept on digging up an array of spuds which someone had sneaked into the dirt. I wonder who? LOL … hugs
Wowww….absolutely stunning photographic work with such beautiful perspectives!! Congrats! 🙂
Hey Josephine 😀 thank you so much, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed those pics. Yay!
Beautiful imagery, Julie. With photographs like these, one doesn’t need too many words to put the message across. 🙂
Hi Uday … what a lovely comment. Thank you so much 😀
You have to be fulfilled to live in this natural universe ! Wonderful world 😉 i like the colors !
It sure is fulfilling and time consuming … LOL But it sure is wonderful. Thanks Miss, so pleased you liked the colours
Love the warm colour palette and mood of your photos.
Hi Mr D … nice to see you. And very pleased that you like the colours and moods. 😀
A blog to make me smile and my heart glad at the end of the day – Thankyou!
Hi Anne .. oh that is such a lovely thing to say. Isn’t smiling and laughing the best? So pleased you had a glad heart. Thank you 😀
It’s been a strange Easter! I’m not sure what it was, maybe the state of the world, maybe it’s in the stars, but I’m finding a lot of my favourite bloggers are also at a loss for words. Me too. Ah well, some days are like that. But some days that’s exactly what we need. We need to just lie on the porch and look yup at those gorgeous clouds , or sit on the beach and build imaginary fairy sandcastles, or harvest volunteer pumpkins and tickle friendly noses. And pretty soon there’s so much to say that we can’t stop ourselves. 😀 Big hugs Julie. XX
Hey Miss … hello to you! I like the idea of building an imaginary fairy sandcastle – fun. And those volunteer pumpkins .. how lucky was I? It is huge. That big moist nose and eyes were following me the other day while I was tending a friend’s property. Nothing like being watched .. LOL Hugs to you V
You gave us a stunning 13,000 word photo essay! All your photos are really wonderful, Julie. The cow is fun, the kitty so cute, the landscapes are exquisite, the flowers are gorgeous, and your still lives are perfect. The “Sunflowers that are saying goodbye” is pure art! Wow what a fantastic photo, and “Waking to a misty autumn morning” is like a beautiful dream. You didn’t need words for this post!
Hi Tim … oh wow what a terrific comment. I’m so pleased you enjoyed the pics – I just couldn’t find any words yesterday. But sounds like it didn’t matter one bit 😀
There was no need for words.
Beautiful post Julie. Music running through all the way! Fantastic photography. <3
Hi Gill … so pleased you enjoyed the post. Music running all the way .. how lovely. Thanks for delightful comment 😀
I loved this walk around the place and seeing all your beauty!
Linda
Good! It is so nice being able to show you around. Isn’t it great to be able to share? Hugs
It is! You live in the Garden of Eden!
Hi Julie : )You care the colors in your photographs as you care your flowers and vegetables. So much happiness in them.
Oh thank you Francis. I do care about the colours as much as I do about the garden (nearly LOL). I’m glad you find happiness in them. Yay!
All beautiful beyond words. Thank you. J.
Gosh thank you so much. You are very very welcome 😀
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Thank you Nomzi 😀
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Beautiful! And so envious of self-seeded pumpkins 😀
Thanks Miss. Oh you would love the self seeded pumpkin. What a champion it is! I normally would have hoisted the plant out, but I didn’t, and can now pat myself on the back 😀
Not short of lovely photos… A Happy Easter Julie! 🙂
😀 that’s nice to hear. I hope you had a very happy Easter too!
With your photos you don’t need words. Beautiful photography.
Hello Angeline … so good to see you here. I had no words at all yesterday 🙂 … so pleased you don’t think I need them.
Gorgeous photos Julie! I am sensing fall in the pictures. Lovely spuds, and pumpkin.I think the bovine over the fence would have preferred a kiss to having it’s picture taken and I wouldn’t be surprised if feline Grace wasn’t keeping track of a rodent under the boards. Sometimes it is important to show and not tell. Hope you and Andrew had a wonderful Easter!. Take care! Bob
Hey Bob … yes it is Autumn for us the leaves are finally starting to change colour, but the days are still stunning. Nights are a bit cooler. Those spuds are amazing and as for that pumpkin … LOL Yes Mac the bovine would have much rather have had a kiss or at least some food (he loves pumpkin – not getting mine though). I think you are right – it is important to show and not tell, I’m always aware of people being time poor! We had a great Easter Mr E .. I know you did with the family. Take care .. Julie
Wow! What a fabulous day at Frog Pond! Great images Julie! And that cloudscape- fabulous!
Hey Meg … the weather lately has been superb. Another super Autumn day, I should be out with my camera and not in the office. 🙂 Glad you liked that cloudscape. I adore cloud puffs! thanks for stopping by
www this is such a busy time of the year with fruit falling off the trees. Thanks Julie for those great photographs just reminds me we live in paradise
Hey Ilona – it sure is a buy time of year! We have cleared the orchard now, but have our olive harvest happening soon. Lots of olive trees out of control! You aren’t free are you? LOL Gosh I loved that comment – we do live in Paradise don’t we? Hugs lovely
I hope you had a wonderful Easter, too. I love the silhouette photo of the sunflowers.
The turban pumpkin looks an interesting specimen.
Hi Helen .. Easter was lovely thank you! So pleased you like the silhouette photo – me too. That turban pumpkin was self seeded and I left it in the bed. It pumped out some fabulous specimens! Pumpkin soup on the agenda 😀
Cool 🙂
I love those fence lines across the fields and would love to follow that road to the beach. Everything looks very bright and vibrant.
Hi Anne .. I have a thing about fences too! It was a hot day when I took that pic of the road to the beach. Magic .. Great to see you as always
Things I enjoy. . . Julie’s blog with lots of words, and Julie’s blog with few words.
Aren’t you wonderful! 😀
superb collection 🙂
Hi Joshi .. as always thank you so much 😀
What a delightful gallery of shots Julie….love that fresh green grass and blue skies….clouds are a personal favourite….I can watch them for hours! And you have a Highland cow😆 now I feel right at home💕
Hey Miss .. that lovely highland boy belongs to a neighbour. I love getting pics of him .. I don’t think he minds too much either 🙂 I adore clouds .. a favourite of mine too (time wasters absolutely) ..
No need for words with these stunning pics that say it all, dear Julie 🙂 I’m late coming to your garden but spring is here and well, I’m out in the garden…planting potatoes today, yeah!
Hello Annette .. thank you! Always so nice to know that you have stopped by. I bet your garden is bursting into life! I love planting spuds – probably because I enjoy digging them up later 😀 Do you plant them with comfrey leaves?
No, should I? Harvest time always feels like looking for Easter eggs, I just love it. This year I’m growing 3 varieties, got sort of carried away 😉 By the way, do you celebrate Easter with eggs too?
If you have them absolutely. Wrap the spud in the leaf and poke it in the ground 😄 I could eat choc eggs all the time ..
Love these closeup shots, especially the wet nose. 🙂 Love this beautiful gallery!
Thank you Amy! So pleased you enjoyed the pics. Yes, that nose sure is cute 😀
Oh, Honey, your heart is so clear in each and every precious image. I Love the way your eye captures. Absolute gentleness and grace, just like your cat. Beautiful post, my dear friend. Thank you!
Hello lovely … your comments always mean so much to me Amy. I love being able to share what I see – and living here means I have so much to photograph. I’m pleased you see into the photos Amy .. I’m so pleased that you enjoyed. 😀
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GOD, Julie. They are absolutely fantastic shots, all of them, Very atmospheric with great composition. If I was marking tonight I’d give you a 9.5. Jpgs normally add up to minus 4 but excellent exposure make it hard to notice. They’d look great printed up. Cheers D
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Mr Nock .. I woke up this morning to your fantastic comment. I still can’t fit through the door! Hey thank you so much for saying this .. it means a great deal!! Laughed when I read about the jpegs! You know me .. LOL
LOVE the produce shot, the watering can and that gorgeous, gorgeous beach!!
Thanks Julie! So nice hauling stuff from the garden .. Tastes pretty darn good too. I’m pretty partial to that beach too! 😃
Oh I ache to walk down that road to the beach! Another gorgeous collection of photos – thoroughly enjoyed them.
Hello lovely … you would love riding your horse down this road! It is just brilliant and adjoins a forest with lots of horse tracks. So pleased you enjoyed the pics
The photos are lovely, Julie, and Grace is such a beautiful cat! As you head towards winter in NZ, we are on our way to summer here in our hemisphere. Your farm & garden photos help keep our winter in bloom here. 🙂
Hey Lavinia – Grace is just beautiful, but has a dense coat and likes leaving her fur everywhere 🙂 How lovely to be heading into summer. Mind you, I adore autumn and love getting in those winter veg. Thanks for stopping by
Oh nice indeed!
Glad you think so! 😀
Love the wet nose, but the belter has to b your ‘nature’ photo, just love the curve in those petals, the texture and of course the friendly visitor adds to it as well…..MM🍀
Thanks MM .. You can’t beat nature 😄
I love all the things you do! Beautiful photos!
thank you … so nice to see you here 😀
Always when i see your gallery i feel like an dreamland ❤❤
“…These are a few of my favourite things!” Such lovely pictures, Julie.
Thank you so much Cynthia! 😀
Oh stunning and happy easter to you too.
Hope youre enjoying the gorgeous weather, wonderful views and the beach!!
Hello Robyn … the weather has been amazing. We were in Marlborough last week and it was stunning! Glad to see you at Frog Pond 😀
I’d gladly eat some of your organic veggies but there’s half a continent and a big ocean between us.
I’d happily send you home with a bag full – shame about the distance! 😀
They say “a picture is worth a thousand words” so I don’t consider this post short because of your lovely photographs.
Thank you so much Karen 😀
The clouds in the first photo look like you could reach up and touch them. Friendly wet noses are special. Volunteer plants that bear fruit are a nice surprise. Inviting road to the beach. Ah, yes, you are going into fall. Thanks for returning spring! Pretty cat. Hope you have a great week!
Hey Patti … I have a thing about clouds! 😀 Yes we are heading into fall … nice to be able to return spring until next time. I hope you have a lovely week too! Thanks for stopping by …
Things that you enjoy are so beautiful, each in their own way.
Thank you so much … What a lovely comment
This really captures so many aspects of your life on the the other side of the world. I love the wet noses.
I love the wet noses too! Thanks for stopping by
No need for words your photography says it all and so much more.
Thank you!! 😄😄
Your pictures are so wonderful 🙂
Anni & Toby
Thank you so much! 😀
Excellent taste in the finer things in life. A friendly wet nose is always very good (great shot) but a road that leads to the beach under blue sky clouds has to be the best.
I love that shot to the beach too .. thanks for stopping by 😀
Hello Julie,
just found you here your Pictures are so great and happy to found you
We love your blog so much .
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Your Toby and Anni
I’m so pleased you like my blog and enjoyed the pics! I did pop over to your blog too 😃
Love this stuff, Julie!
Ah Rajiv … I’m so pleased that you do .. special!