Morning in the Waiotira

I know I've posted similar photos before but when I woke this morning I thought just how lucky we had been with the weather over the time I'd been away.  Rain had been promised but, except for an hour or so before we ventured out one morning, the weather had been very kind to us.  And when I opened the curtains this morning the mist was magical and as it cleared the views were stunning:

On the way into Whangerei for the plane home I managed to photograph the ever-elusive Peacocks on the other side of the creek (thanks to the 30x 810mm equivalent image stabilised lens):

A Misty Morning

I woke up this morning (eventually) to find that some of the distant hills and  trees were shrouded in mist.  It reminded me of pictures from my childhood. Were they Japanese pictures?