Overcast Sky

An overcast sky is a necessity

We've had some great sunny weather lately but early this week we had a very overcast sky.

It's not fun to walk in the cold wind and the rain (and the wind here is cold and very blustery). But an overcast sky is a necessity. Without the rain it would be a very dry Earth.

It was a strange sky. Lots of blue and dark grey side by side. But it looked quite spectacular.

When life seems like an overcast sky, remember that the blue sky exists behind those grey clouds


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Wordless Wednesday #126 at Abracadabra
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Sundays In My City


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Some things "N"

Nice new leaves - a pleasant surprise

On Friday as I waited for the bus I noticed some new leaves on an old tree. They've probably been there for sometime but I just noticed them on Friday.  I was really happy to see new leaves growing as I recalled I was quite sad when a whole big branch of the tree was chopped down.

And this morning as I walked around my garden I noticed my Pohutakawa that I thought was dying, had some new leaves. Not many, but some is better than none. Thrilled to see that.

 And now onto the other N things

My painting of the Nanga Parbat - the 9th highest mountain in the world. Something about this mountain endears me to it.

My fragments from the week

Reached a major milestone for my project. Now looking forward to the next new phase.

I finally finished reading I Can See Clearly Now by Wayne Dyer. Interesting and inspirational in parts. It's got me wanting to read the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu.

I love boxes and yesterday while browsing the 2 Dollar shop with a friend, I came across this one that I just had to buy.  I needed a box for all my paints and crafty things and this was perfect.  So I got myself a set of 2.

Hope you had a great week.

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Magical Mystical Moon

The moon looked pretty at sunset

More often than not the skies here are cloudy and the moon is hidden.

But this evening we had a clear sky and the moon looked pretty in the sky at sunset.

No matter what phase the moon is in it always look magical and mystical.

I have nearly finished reading I Can See Clearly Now by Dr Wayne Dyer. It's been a very interesting read.

My friend Ruchira Khanna who blogs at Abracadabra has given me a copy of her novel Choices which is next on my to read list. Thanks Ruchira.


Have a magical week.

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Lively Kites

Missed K so combining with L

I had the kites lined up for K but missed posting.  Kites were on my mind all of the week before and last week.

I knew I had some pictures tucked away for kites but couldn't find them. The Universe obviously wanted me to post on kites so while watching a movie on TV last week, a kite scene turned up.

Little kids playing - from the movie Pearl Harbour (taken from the TV) 

And then I found my my picture. Taken in Gujarat India some years ago

Little shop by the side of a road

And of course I had to paint kites but unfortunately all the paintings came out pretty bad.

Here is a thought I've been having on kites ..
Kites are a bit like life or shall I say life is like a kite
Its destiny lies in the hands of the one who holds its string but it has the free will to dance in the wind whichever way it wants to.

But enough on kites .. hope you all had a happy Easter. In NZ we had a 4 day weekend starting on Good Friday and ending on Monday. So we had 2 short work weeks. And yet it felt like a long week. I guess I had to pack in a lot in 4 days.

The clocks went back an hour today which means that it is now Autumn and Winter will be here soon. The weather has got cooler which is a blessing in some ways as it was a hotter than usual Summer and pretty dry too.

Following up from my previous post,  NZ voted to keep the current flag so no change.  It was quite close 921.876 for change and 1,208,702 to keep the current flag.   

Have a great week.

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