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          Ducks swimming away from the bell-mouth spillway of Cossey's Dam.

                          Water intake tower in the Cossey's Dam, Hunua Hills.

I lived in the valley pictured below from 1959 to 1973. I now live just 'over the hill'.

Looking down the spillway channel to the stream at the bottom, and the road out of the valley going up the other side.

Reflections in the lake behind the Mangatawhiri Dam (foreground). The white 'pointer' on the right centre is actually the spillway of the previous picture.

Mangatawhiri Dam spillway overflowing. This is over the hill from our home.

        Another cobweb dangling between the wires of the rotary clothes line.

                                Cobweb on a foggy morning at our place.

Scilla peruviana in my garden. This is the same family as the English Bluebell.

                               Looking North on a hike on the West Coast.

View from Mt Eden in Auckland, looking across the crater to the Harbour Bridge in the centre, and Sky Tower to the right.

Looking south from Pukekohe Hill to Tuakau and the bridge over the Waikato River. Click to enlarge the picture to find the bridge.

Looking ESE approx from Pukekohe, with the hills of Coromandel peninsula in the distance, I think.

         Looking roughly ENE towards the Hunua Hills from Pukekohe Hill.

Looking north from Pukekohe Hill. The tower on the skyline just to right of centre is probably Sky City in the middle of Auckland. I zoomed in on the distance so it doesnt look very far away.

Looking back across the garden. In summer they sometimes sit outside for their morning drink and/or lunch.

                      View from the porch of the garden wing at Parkhaven.

                             The lounge of the Garden Wing at Parkhaven.

                                 Phil's bedroom at Parkhaven in Mangere.

Blue pinkgill fungus (Entoloma hochstetteri). One of the first species to be collected in NZ and still the Holy Grail of beginners. Photo by Phil.

Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island, 1997.  It was pouring with rain so this is as far as I went. I got an early boat back to the mainland.

                      Young frond of a Blechnum fern, just starting to unfurl.

Fern fronds with spores.

               From our verandah, a bit of fog in the valley below, in Autumn.

                       Inside of the Hospice shop, from behind the counter.

The flying son. It is a concrete ford, which is slightly under water. He decided to jump over. Didnt make it of course. He got his boots wet. Camera bag in one hand, daffs in the other.

Sunset on Aotea Harbour. Our daughter and son paddling in the water. About 1973.

Terns 'on the rocks' at Maraetai Beach, with Waiheke Island in the background.

Aint love grand? Swans and gulls at Western Springs in Auckland. Taken by Phil.