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Early morning on the edge of Lake Wakatipu
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The pink light quickly gave way to the greys of what turned out to be a very cold day
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Queenstown at night
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Brrr, more cold days at Queenstown!
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Never really been a sports person so very surprised and happy to have won the Champion of Champions Junior Singles and get my name on this amazing trophy.
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Must be autumn, mist rising above the Clutha River. View from our deck
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We are very lucky to have views like this when we are forced to stay at home
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Crazy weather, yep, that is snow on the hills that surround us!
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Amazing stormy clouds made the sky very dark indeed. One solitary ray of sunshine picked out the trees on the hill to the side of us.
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Early morning view from the deck
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Three solid days this lot and about a hundred others moaned as loud as they could. They were definitely not happy at being moved to these fields from wherever they had been before!
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As part of being stuck at home I grabbed some old films out of the freezer that I took last year to develop. This was up in the Nevis Valley when snow came down some time around September/October.
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Another from the Nevis high above Cromwell
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Abstract number taken on my wonderful twin lens reflex camera which is now 67 years old!
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Local church closed until further notice due to Corona virus.
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The sign on the building says 'Creating our Future'. Who knows what future todays children will face.