Thursday, 21 February 2013

Thankful Thursday

The hills of Southern Hawkes Bay are as dry as I have seen them in the 8 summers I've lived here.  I took these photos on Monday.  No significant rain is expected until March.  Everything will, however, survive.  Rain will come.  No one will starve or die for lack of water.  For that we should all be very thankful because there are many in the world who this very year, this very month, this very week, this very day will die because they have no water (and many more will die because they have no potable water).



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  1. ADRIAN21 February 2013 at 06:44

    Graham stop showering and washing dishes and NOW!
    The first image is just brilliant.
    One of the best I have ever seen. I can't see it large 'cos you have the dreaded LightBox enabled.
    You can have a water bottle, you already have the hat and the English knees....get up there and shoot a tree with that burnt background....borrow a quad bike if you can't walk.
    A really great shot...Happen it would sharpen a bit....Non of us are perfect!

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    1. ADRIAN21 February 2013 at 06:59

      PS. Go on a similar day and step in front of the foreground twigs. I can spot a fellow lazy devil.

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    2. GB21 February 2013 at 08:08

      Gosh. Thanks for those comments Adrian. The photos were actually shot through a car window and a moving car at that. I wasn't driving but it's very hard to stop on that area of road. I shall return as you have suggested.

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  2. Terra 21 February 2013 at 07:26

    Beautiful photos of rounded and DRY hills; sometimes in California we get those brown hills. Once, flying back from deep green Wisconsin and seeing California from the airplane I decided we are the "brown state" and not the "golden state."

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    1. GB21 February 2013 at 08:10

      Terra, I was in California in a February/March and it seemed very green to me then.

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  3. Librarian21 February 2013 at 07:29

    Every time I refill my water cup from the tap in the kitchen, I am grateful for being able to not only have that water coming out straight from the tap into my house, but also for it being clean and fit to drink. Every morning under the shower I am grateful for that wonderful invention, and that there is enough water here to use said invention. Every time I press the button on my washing machine, I am grateful for yet another fantastic invention, and for there being enough water here to use it. Every time I... well, enough of the list, I guess you've gotten the idea by now!

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    1. GB21 February 2013 at 08:11

      Yes, Meike, I have the idea but then I know that you are a thankful and thoughtful sort of person.

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  4. Heather21 February 2013 at 08:44

    Oh my....I can't get over at HOW dry it is there. The green is not to be found at all, in the hills. Makes for a beautiful image though.

    Graham, I have moved. It's been awhile since I've posted on blogger. If you're interested in following, you can find me at http://www.heathertimagery.com/blog. You'll be able to follow through your blogger updates list, as well.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:18

      Thanks Heather. As you know I've found your new blog after having added the .rss as your next comment suggests.

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  5. Red21 February 2013 at 14:50

    Awfully dry for the end of summer. However you did get an excellent photo of a very beautiful area.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:19

      Thanks Red. I'm hoping to improve on them but getting the light and sky right isn't easy.

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  6. VirginiaC22 February 2013 at 03:02

    That is a shocking photo...seems so barren, but yet beautiful.
    Our showers will kick in around the end of March and into April hopefully.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:19

      We are hoping for rain before then Virginia. The stock are being moved and sold off already.

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  7. Heather22 February 2013 at 04:28

    Oooops.....you would want to type in http://www.heathertimagery.com/blog.rss to follow it on your updates list or link, google reader or whatever it is that you use to follow.

    :)

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  8. Kate22 February 2013 at 06:33

    Oh yes, I remember dry HB hills from my childhood ... hard as a rock... You can slip over on the sheep pellets, they are like marbles... (Must do some more landscapes after the BioBlitz!)
    Mairanda has never been drier in the Birdman's 20 years there, either.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:20

      I look forward to some more of your landscapes Katherine.

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  9. DawnTreader22 February 2013 at 07:06

    Looks like you're living in the desert but I guess the green trees do bear witness to access to water if your roots go deep enough. Like Meike I am actually quite often consciously thankful for water.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:21

      I'm lucky Monica in that around where The Cottage is we have a large underground supply to feed us and the instigators for the orchards.

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  10. Pauline23 February 2013 at 15:28

    I took photos of our dry hills last week and am pleased to report they aren't quite as dry as yours. Nearly, but not quite. They do look beautiful if you can put the lack of water out of your mind.

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    1. GB24 February 2013 at 22:23

      Yes Pauline there is an arid sort of beauty which I hope to capture more of before the rains come.

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