I decided not to post a page this morning. Then after the milking and after I had started a new cheese, my daughter called from hot, hot Melbourne and said ..
I am waiting. I have been checking and checking. Where is todays post? I want to read it before I go out.
What time is it, I said.
Midnight.
Midnight. Oh. Well, there is nothing to see. I took a few shots yesterday, I said, but they are all so deadly dull.
We want to see the dull too, she said. 
And how will all your people really know what it is like if you hide the dull from them? Chimed in Our John.
You are not supposed to be listening to other peoples phone calls. I said. He went back to his paper.
I thought men could not hear a thing when they were reading the paper, my daughter whispered in my ear.
Hmm, I said. 
So here you are. But you do see what I mean. 
The only change I have today is that it is windy as well.
My daughter told me a story about some people in Aussie who, to escape the bush fires, evacuated themselves down to a beach. There they discovered that they were sharing their beach with a large number of kangaroos who had also designated the shore as a meeting point in case of fire.
Have a lovely day. And welcome back to work New Zealand. I am off to check and see if the cheese has set.
celi
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78 responses to “Move along, Move along, Nothing to see Here.”
We had a glider in our yard that we would put pads on every summer. Six plastic pads–aqua. I sure wish you’d been on that beach, Celi. You’d have your camera for sure, I would LOVE to see kangaroos congregating on a beach.
that would have been quite a shot, though under dreadful circumstances.. c
dull is beautiful, and wonderful images – Aussie and Kangeroos on the beach -sounds like a New Yorker cartoon, but how hard for the people the heat – sending compassioante thoughts
I love the change of seasons, even our bleak, wet winters, all gray and stark, such a contrast to the richness and heat of our summers. And your seasons are much more dramatic. There’s nothing dull about this post! Such stark beauty in a winter landscape. My favorite photo is the one with the old glider; beautiful!
May be dull and gray to you, Celi, but it probably looked like paradise to your friends Down Under, suffering through a heat wave. We’ve got sunshine today with temps on the rise. I hope st spreads south enough to reach you, too. Good luck with the cheese!
Yeah but snow is something novel for some of us folks. I hope those humans and kangaroos were safe at the beach and had a lovely barbecue and frisbee day. 🙂
We take the good with the bad Celi, that’s what it’s all about; so glad your daughter reminded you.
That is sweet and funny at the same time that she was waiting for the post. I love the old rusted bench photo.
I didn’t know you have a daughter in Melbourne and yes, it’s so hot down there at the moment. Such a contrast to your images. xx
yes she works there, and popped over to see me in wellington.. c
I just posted on Claire’s blog. She and I live quite near each other, and we’re sharing the same misery-grey weather right now. It’s that time of year when we force ourselves into smiles and red shoes to cheer us up. Stay warm. Stay happy.
red shoes! and lipstick for the smiles.. perfick.. c
Dull works for me!
I couldn’t help but notice the snow covering the length of the tree trunk on that one side. It’s still a lovely view, even if you consider it “dull.”
that was cool wasn’t it, it never lasts for long but I love the effect.. c
Well I absolutely love the almost black/white daily view and the photo above that: superbly composed both! Just had a read from the Met Office: I have set it for my home township in the country – for tomorrow – temperatures 43-44 C, hot wind averaging 60-80 km/hr, bushfire conditions ‘catastrophic’: their wording! Tasmania yesterday, NSW tomorrow? One pretty funny Tassie story ere I go: the capital Hobart, which received most of the evacuees, is a pretty, but small town. So the Town Hall was opened as a processing centre. Well, the island did not have enough spare beds etc to cope, so – picture a line of homeless lining up to have their details taken and then receive a big bright red or yellow or blue beanbag for ‘personal furniture’ 🙂 ! There must have been a factory on the island!! The Hall looked quite festive!!! What can one do but . . . . !
That is so sweet, all in there in their beanbags lolling about.. and what a fantastic factory to donate all of those too.. it might be a good while that those people need them.. morning eha.. c
Even dull is beautiful. Rather nice to rest the eye and cool down a bit. NZ hasn’t quite gone back to work; I was about to get a good colour copy of my book cover to send to the printers in Hong Kong, but the copy shop is taking another week. As am I.
NZ makes the best of her Christmas holidays.. and how exciting to have printers in HongKong.. don’t let me fall out of the loop, I particularly want to buy one of those books when they come out.. marvellous.. c
Never dull!
I find the photos really incredible. Your landscape changes so dramatically. I’m really glad you share with us even what feels like “nothing to see here” is really accurate. It’s a eerie winter beauty!