tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post7970149031769269486..comments2023-12-30T05:41:12.280+13:00Comments on The Ruins of the Moment: Summer evening, southern Ruahinepohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-75662279628868328082011-01-25T17:50:27.397+13:002011-01-25T17:50:27.397+13:00Leonie, I'm glad you can picture it in your mi...Leonie, I'm glad you can picture it in your mind as well as on screen.<br /><br />We had good, soaking rain and the drought's over for a little while at least. We're back to baking temperatures now, though.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-67566540186569600742011-01-25T09:42:10.124+13:002011-01-25T09:42:10.124+13:00I love this image. More so now because I have a se...I love this image. More so now because I have a sense of the place from our brief visit. <br /><br />I hope the rain we've had on the east coast has also drenched your thirsty valleys and provided some relief.leoniehttp://blog.verdandi.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-91458038358617424322011-01-23T21:10:48.171+13:002011-01-23T21:10:48.171+13:00Thanks Paul. I like that phrase, "The clouds ...Thanks Paul. I like that phrase, "The clouds of error", and the whole quotation reminds me of something William Blake might have written.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-47963552427887813262011-01-23T18:01:38.363+13:002011-01-23T18:01:38.363+13:00This photo reminds me of the words to a hymn from ...This photo reminds me of the words to a hymn from my boyhood church days: “The morning breaks the shadows flee...“ and then it would go on to say, “The clouds of error disappear before the rays of truth divine;” But you’re right on about the light (and shadows) -- good contrast.Me from Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092831822080476254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-69031510226048000372011-01-23T16:40:29.945+13:002011-01-23T16:40:29.945+13:00Thank you Barbara :^)Thank you Barbara :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-3079567291134189922011-01-23T05:42:27.730+13:002011-01-23T05:42:27.730+13:00This is another of your photos that leave me tongu...This is another of your photos that leave me tongue-tied, and I mean that in a very good way. I am quite a fan of black and white photography anyway, but this says many thousands of words. Beautiful.Barbara Butler McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250129625281645201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-44136720452662356252011-01-21T11:23:59.936+13:002011-01-21T11:23:59.936+13:00Paterika, we often have dry summers (and wet ones ...Paterika, we often have dry summers (and wet ones too); occasionally the dry spells become true droughts, to the extent that some old trees begin to die (by that stage anything requiring regular watering has long since died). I can't give you figures on "official" droughts in this region, but unless we get good rain soon, this will certainly be one to remember.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-61320351101100279392011-01-20T18:46:30.298+13:002011-01-20T18:46:30.298+13:00Hi Pete
Happy New Year
Is this situation unusual ...Hi Pete<br /><br />Happy New Year<br />Is this situation unusual for that part of the region shown in the picture?<br /><br />Here in Barbados since Hurricane Tomas, the rain has taken on the pattern of the monsoon not at all characteristic of a tropical region.Paterika Hengreaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296611217840599396noreply@blogger.com