In March 2011 I wrote a post The Hills of Hawkes Bay on my other blog. They have always had a very strong emotional pull for me. When I did that post the hills were unusually lush and green for the time of year. Today I decided to drive up Te Mata peak once again and take some photos of the surrounding hills. The temperature was nearly 30℃ and the wind strong and warm although the rains were visible in the distance.
Looking to Napier
I enjoy paragliding but off this? Never!
Ah, yes. Lovely. Bit crispy tho'.
ReplyDeleteYes Kate a bit crispy is right.
DeleteThe landscape looks strangely barren compared to the older post of yours with all the lush greens! (Got both posts up on my screen to compare...)
ReplyDeleteIt does look rather barren Monica but it isn't. The grass is needing some rain but this is how I expect it to look at this time of year. It hads been a very warm year here but there has been plenty of rain too I'm told.
DeleteWow! I can say little else than - Wow! Wow! Absolutely wonderful photos! Oh...stunning, too! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Lee. It's a picture I will cherish because it epitomises the landscape for me so aptly.
DeleteStunning views of rather brown hills! They almost look like paintings in these photos, especially the 3rd, 4th and 5th photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you Serenata. You will soon arrive to the warmth but I think that it may be a little greener where you will be.
DeleteSpectacular scenery. It's a good thing you did drive up to the peak.
ReplyDeleteRed at nearly 30℃ I'd have struggled to walk!
DeleteThat landscape is amazing. I have no artistic talent whatsoever but I swear if I were there I would try my best to paint this on canvas. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteKay if you could capture it as an artist you'd be amazing. I wish that I could but I, too, have no talent for painting.
DeleteIf asked where I thought those pictures had been taken, I'd have said Italy. Stunning.
ReplyDeleteCro the light is different. I can't explain why but the light in the Italy that I know and love around Tuscany and Umbria is quite different.
DeleteA grand set of images but it looks as if they could do with a drop of our rain.
ReplyDeleteAdrian you're absolutely right but I'm glad that I caught them this way.
DeleteI've not yet checked out your 2011 post, so if I said the same thing then, I hope you won't think I am boring.
ReplyDeleteThe first picture in particular looks like a magic land, where anything could be possible and where the most wonderful and strange discoveries wait behind every hill.
PS: Just looked at the 2011 post and am amazed to see I've not commented. I didn't know your blog then, I suppose, even though it feels as if I've known "you" "for years".
DeleteMeike of all the adjectives I might use for you 'boring' is not one of them. You are right though in that we seem to have known each other a lot longer than we really have.
DeleteThose hills look like a big tablecloth that has been ruffled over the earth. What an amazing landscape.
ReplyDeleteYP you never cease to amaze me with your descriptive turns of phrase.
DeleteGorgeous photos of the hills...sign me up for the paragliding.
ReplyDeleteOh Virginia it's so wonderful soaring abobe the countryside and the birds. It's definitely one of the best things I've done.
DeleteI'm still looking.
ReplyDeleteAndrea I hoped you've stopped now (for your sake).
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