New Zealand - Tarawera Valley

It was a rainy day when we visited the waterfalls in Tarawera Valley, and I understood immediately why the mosses where growing so good...

Young seagull

At Saint Heliers Beach in Auckland.

New Zealand - Still Water Beach

In Februari I was in New Zealand to visit friends. We went for a walk on Still Water Beach where I saw some beautiful seaweeds and other stuff. The seaweed is stuck to a shell which gives the impression they have roots like a tree.

Nest of spiders

Found this huge nest of baby spiders in the garden. The babies are not bigger than a pin head but I don't think I want to know how big they get when grown up... there are far too many of them...

Willy Wagtail

Willy Wagtail discovered the mirror in a corner of my garden and now thinks he is in love... he is there every day, from early morning to late afternoon.

Empty wasp nest

About a month later I checked the mean wasp's nest again and found it deserted so I cut it off and put the branch with the tiny nest, it's not bigger than a golf ball, in another where it won't hurt. Hope they'll build it up further as I won't mind a few wasps in the garden.
Look how pretty they made the nest chambers, one is still closed with a sticky stuff while others are long time open or still have the sticky corners of recent development.