On Sunday 1 May the linky will be open for Week 17 of Lyrical Sunday, with the theme of ‘Romance‘. With the royal wedding on Friday we couldn’t resist a little romantic celebration! Tee hee! No wild street party for us in our little patch of New Zealand though – will most probably be asleep, […]
Day: April 26, 2011
The Gallery: Green – A visit to a Nikau Reserve
Beautiful nikau palms growing in a safe reserve on the Kapiti coast. The nikau is very slow-growing. Research conducted in lowland forests near Auckland found it takes 40–50 years to begin to form a trunk and about 200 years to reach 10 metres tall (ref. DoC). These beautiful palms, with rich green fronds and brightly coloured […]