tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post9045298193715139786..comments2023-07-20T02:18:41.948+12:00Comments on Seasonal inspiration: Goodbye, helloJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-58449023945687612712012-11-16T10:24:18.539+13:002012-11-16T10:24:18.539+13:00Penny, what a contrast! Lovely to see you back and...Penny, what a contrast! Lovely to see you back and I hope the trip was a wonderful one for you.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-91672666883183677582012-11-16T07:43:12.292+13:002012-11-16T07:43:12.292+13:00So lovely, Juliet, especially after seeing my firs...So lovely, Juliet, especially after seeing my first snow of the season was I was up north. Just catching up after some time away.Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-54380492967895368942012-11-14T13:09:01.608+13:002012-11-14T13:09:01.608+13:00Vicki, those goodbyes and hellos are especially po...Vicki, those goodbyes and hellos are especially poignant in autumn. I enjoy the contrasts of our opposite seasons.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-3943367091584976922012-11-14T04:25:12.399+13:002012-11-14T04:25:12.399+13:00I love the change of seasons and the goodbyes and ...I love the change of seasons and the goodbyes and hellos that accompany them. We are saying goodbye to the last of the autumn leaves and enjoying the emerging skeletal tree shapes, as well as the views that open up as the leaves disappear.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-6573074786893140362012-11-13T15:24:35.760+13:002012-11-13T15:24:35.760+13:00Hi Max, love what you say about feeling 'fizzy...Hi Max, love what you say about feeling 'fizzy' when the pohutukawas bloom. It's always such a thrill isn't it?Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-34912663338483591772012-11-12T21:55:31.150+13:002012-11-12T21:55:31.150+13:00ive lived here long enough now to feel fizzy when ...ive lived here long enough now to feel fizzy when i see a pohutakawa in bloom, it's just the epitome of summer and christmas and holidays for me now xMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387407423793099797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-23187449755616102202012-11-11T13:51:17.474+13:002012-11-11T13:51:17.474+13:00*Hilary, there's a sense of changeover in this...*Hilary, there's a sense of changeover in this season, in your hemisphere as well as ours. Nice that it's not yet too cold for you.<br /><br />* Lynley, I'm not leaving, I'm glad to say! Since my computer breakdown, I no longer receive notifications of your posts and haven't yet worked out how to reinstate that. Never mind, I can click on the link using your comment and take a look now.<br /><br />Thanks Hilary and Lynley, nice to see you here.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-81879885369123266612012-11-11T10:41:53.065+13:002012-11-11T10:41:53.065+13:00I was relieved to learn that you were not leaving ...I was relieved to learn that you were not leaving the blogosphere and heading elsewhere Juliet when I read your post title. Two of my regular bloggers have finished this week and I will miss them.<br /><br />However like your colourful trees, something ends and something new begins.<br /><br />The native birds will be pleased to see the Pohutukawa flowers appearing.Lynleyhttp://ordinarygood.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-43178505235385099512012-11-11T03:03:49.064+13:002012-11-11T03:03:49.064+13:00Hi Juliet - it is amazing how one wonderful thing ...Hi Juliet - it is amazing how one wonderful thing in nature appears as another disappears .. our leaves are really beginning their autumn colouring .. and falling .. giving us that nutty smell of crushed autumnal leaves ... not too cold yet thankfully!<br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-33559890113688775002012-11-10T10:10:11.819+13:002012-11-10T10:10:11.819+13:00Hi Charlie, yes the pohutukawa trees are such an e...Hi Charlie, yes the pohutukawa trees are such an essential part of New Zealand. I would miss them too if I wasn't living here any more.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078877172139600813.post-43354551046329714572012-11-10T00:52:52.077+13:002012-11-10T00:52:52.077+13:00I love the pohutukawa trees. We used to have them...I love the pohutukawa trees. We used to have them in our backyard when I was growing up and the tui birds would come and visit. I miss those things from New Zealand xxHotly Spicedhttp://hotlyspiced.com/noreply@blogger.com