I haven't had a chance to work on these much but here are a few photos from our trip in Jan to Mt Taranaki.

Mountain Foxglove

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This looks like an interesting documentary: "Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?".

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I saw it in an article in the NZ Herald. They also had a link to this pamphlet for Trees for Bees. It's NZ-specific but it's got some interesting recommendations for planting bee-friendly flowers, including things like when you plant flowers don't ( Read more... )

I've worked through the last of the Auckland Domain photos from yesterday. I've got a short informational post up at Pinepig showing what a couple cactus photos look like before and after layers adjustments in Photoshop.

You can check out the DW and the LJ versions at their respective posts ( Read more... )