Sea, flames, bread, sausages and marshmallows

 What better to do on a sunny Autumn afternoon than to head down to the beach for great views.

And fires made my real men.  Well they gathered the fuel for the fire, and a log to sit on.

Sausages cooking.

Bread cooking.

And no pictures of Marshmallows cooking because I was too busy eating them.

Today's Exuberence of Spring Daisies

Thanks to Napier City's planting schemes, I spent another lunch break wandering among the daisies, with the sweet spring scent of wall flowers wafting by me. Bliss.

Everywhere you look there are daisies and more daisies, and who am I to complain.

The sun was shineing and the breeze was warm.

This riot of overplanting colour, shouting look at me, I love it.

Daisies, daisies as far as the eye can see, close up and in reflection.

And just in case you thought it was all daisies - here are some glowing euphorbia. I have been trying to get a snap of a euphorbia for ages, I love their shape and colour, but usualy I can't capture that perfect snap. The pic below is getting closer but still not quite there.

And just to finish things off yet another snap of Cape Kidnappers. This time through the cabbage trees of the miniture golf course.

A daisy hunt

There has been a serious lack of daisies on my blog recently. So this lunch break I thought it would be a good idea to hunt some out.

These are some of the daisies I found. Clouds of daisies in the shade.

Masses of daisies in the sun.

Grouped together heads bobbing in the warm winter breeze. It was a very beautiful day today.

Amazing golden promise of what will come in the next few months of late winter and early spring.

And just for good measure on such a beautiful day another view of Cape Kidnappers, this time reflecting the pink rays of the setting sun.

Cape Kidnappers at sunset again

The title says it all. When I took my camera out the white cliffs were pink, but they changed in the few seconds it took to lift my camera to my eye. Maybe I will catch them next week.

The things I wanted to photograph today.

I don't usually see this view at this time of day, quite pretty isn't it. I used to only work mornings. From today I will be working full days twice a week, as well as my usual mornings. The benefits are getting to see Cape Kidnappers at sunset, getting a lunch break (more on that later) and having all the daily jobs done at home by somebody else. The one major unbenefit (if that is a word) is having to sit still in one place for a whole day, my fidget level reached new heights. Thank goodness for lunch breaks. I had a great walk through the sunny streets of Napier. The photo below is off a new art work that has been installed on the main shopping street, which I would have missed if I had just driven straight home. I think it looks amazing

Weather

Above is Cape Kidnappers yesterday, below is Cape Kidnappers today. Its nice to see the sun and the blue, blue sea.

Cape Kidnappers

I just loved the colour of the sea today looking over to Cape Kidnappers, just had to stop and take a quick snap.

Today's Daisies

Gazzinias on Marine Parade Domain, Napier. I drive past here everyday and had to stop to take a quick pic today.

We had a walk along the beach at Cape Kidnappers today. It was quiet, deserted, peaceful and in true Kiwi fashion awsome.

Sea grasses. I love these little fluffy grasses, like tiny chicks dancing in the wind.

Cape Kidnappers from the beach at Napier.

The same view from Bluff Hill lookout.

We went to the beach yesterday to gather some pebbles. The waves were a little wild. The first view is looking along the beach to Haumoana, and the second is looking out to Cape Kidnappers.