purple+green

I’ve been a bit slack on the colour+colour front lately, and missed a couple of weeks, but here’s my purple+green, as featured earlier on the blog. Maybe there will be another one before the end of the week??!!

A New Hobby?

Because a new hobby is exactly what I need (can you hear the dripping sarcasm?)

I found this wee “bug” on the path at our local park this morning while walking Pedro. I’m not a geocacher, but it sounds like fun, a kind of crazy treasure hunt which can range from easy to super hard (think rock climbing and scuba diving). It’s just the initial outlay required for a gps unit which is holding me back! I think I will be able to find the cache to put this back into if all else fails, provided it’s still there.

All today I’ve been looking at people and places and thinking are you a geocahcer, is there a cache hidden around here somewhere? It’s like a secret club, and you’re not supposed to let anyone see you retrieving things from the cache. How fun!

I’m sure I’ve read about geocaching out there in the craftblogging world, but like a great knitting pattern, or neat idea for some embroidery or a bag, do you think I have a hope of finding it? So if it’s you, (or if it’s not you and you’re a geocacher anyway) I would love to get in contact, and maybe put something in my local cache (if I can find it without a gps) to see how long it takes to get to your cache! (Kind of a multi country, multiperson swap)

Nana and Grandad’s Magnolias.

My grandparents have an amazing garden, but what it most noticeable at this time of year is their 40 odd magnolia trees. I had lunch with them today, and got a few shots.

There’s some more on flickr- click on any of the photos to get there!

A rainbow

The other night when we came home from Wellington there was this rainbow over Nelson. On the way home in the car there was a break in the clouds and the full moon light up the rain in the darkness, making a night rainbow. It was an amazing site, more subtle than a normal rainbow and harder to see. I had never seen one before. It reminded me of this poem by a talented Laura Ranger, a New Zealander, who wrote this poem when she was about 7. I think it is my favourite piece of poetry.

 ”Two Word Poem.”
The toad sat on a red stool
it was a toadstool.

The rain tied a bow
in the cloud’s hair
it was a rainbow.

Which witch put sand
in my sandwich?

I stood upon the bridge
then I understood.

I sat on the ledge and
thought about what I know.
It was knowledge.

Shifting the Bulls