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Wordless Wednesday

Today’s Worldess Wednesday comes from the Magpie Lawn at the Botanic Gardens here in Wellington. You can find Thistles and … More

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Wordless Wednesday: fading hydrangeas

The hydrangeas in the Botanic Gardens are beginning to fade…but still look as beautiful.

beauty, blue, Botanic Gardens, colours, daily walk, faded beauty, fading hydrangeas, flowers, hydrangeas, little things, look around you, pink, seasons, stop and look, summer, summer flowers, white, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Streets of Dunedin

It is back to Dunedin for this week’s Wordless Wednesday. Captions on the pictures You can find Thistles and Kiwis … More

Baldwin Street, bird, building, catching clouds, city life, Dunedin, fantasy, fire escape, graffiti, historic places, holiday, moa, Moray Place, national anthem, New Zealand, penguin, South Island, statue, street art, streets, Streets of Dunedin, tuatara, wall art, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Hydrangeas

Pictures taken early morning, 12 December 2020, Botanic Gardens of Wellington.

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Wordless Wednesday: Shades of Blue

You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram@thistleandkiwis.  As for Twitter….am totally inactive these days.  If you … More

blog meme, blue, blue skies, Colour my World, colours, industrial, industrial area, just pictures, no words, old doors, photographs, rust, Shades of Blue, ship, Wellington, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Birthday Charlie

Today is our cat, Charlie’s birthday. We wish him well as he reaches 13 years old today. You can find … More

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Wordless Wednesday

There is a small vegetable market on Wednesdays down by the Pipitea Campus of the university which I may have … More

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Wordless Wednesday: Spring

Photos taken in the Botanic Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. It was a bit grey, but not with all these signs … More

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Wordless Wednesday: Walking Home

Walking home from work…the early October edition…with spring flowers, new leaves on the oak trees, and a walk through the … More

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Wordless Wednesday: Spring

Today’s Wordless Wednesday comes from The Botanic Gardens in Wellington. Tulips and flowers galore…and even a little bit of red … More

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