creating with materials that you grow or gather means you slow down
you work with the seasons
you wait, you watch & you listen

the more you wait the more patient you become
the more you watch the more you see
and the more you listen the more your world will tell you

it is profound

and on those days when the world seems so fucked up i want to scream
i walk in amongst our trees & know that our little world is doing ok
which means i’m ok too

Yesterday I wandered around home in the late afternoon sun, taking photos of various flowering plants which define spring in our NZ native garden. 

Of course our birds are a little cray-cray right now (it’s the season), insects are abundant & the warm afternoon means the air is filled with the sweet honey like perfumes of night opening, moth pollinated flowers. 

Most NZ native trees are not deciduous, not all of them flower during the day & they are not dependant on bees for pollination. 
In addition, not all of them are spring flowering.

Today, despite the weather yet again taking a turn back to winter, let's celebrate NZ spring flowering plants & the abundant, diverse insect life with whom they live & thrive. 

They are mostly not showy; often teeny, tiny flowers & you will need to slow down, let your nose lead you & look closely . . . 

I challenge anyone who lives in Aotearoa/ NZ to go see how many of these plants you can find in your area - or look for ones specific to your own area.