Christchurch Daily Photo

After a long wet winter we are ready for Spring! It is officially Spring in 7 days, and I am quite relieved by this fact, Winter has been very dull indeed. To herald the new season the Hagley Park Daffodils are bursting forward in their wonderful yellowy displays – these daffodils were snapped in the Park yesterday. Oh what joy!

The mountains have snow on them, so it must be winter!  Have taken a break from photographing as it’s been so wet and miserable!

I had no idea the Opawa community garden existed until just very recently.  Today was my first visit there.  Basically you can help yourself to vegetables so long as you leave a donation or go and volunteer in the garden on Saturdays. I may just end up helping in the garden at some point as I like gardening and eating!

This was snapped with my camera phone late afternoon – so it’s a bit fuzzy.  The days are getting a lot shorter now, and it’s dark by 5.30pm, it will soon be winter (brrrr!).

I zoomed right in on the morning sky and noticed a little bird in the tree which I think makes the photo. The sun is only coming up now around 8am! Yes, it’s winter and we just had our shortest day.

Fishing boats docked at Lyttleton Port with the hills dusted with snow.  Yes, it’s getting cold and we could be in for a long cold winter.

Back to the present. Long shadows and soft light in the botanic gardens.

These punters were wrapped up nice and warm for a winter punt down the Avon River.

Taken this morning on a cold wintry Christchurch day. This blossom is either very late or rather early! Either way, it’s a little confused. It might be all blossom and new blades of green grass in the Northern Hemisphere, but down under its winter and getting cold (snow is forecast for this weekend).