tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post6190327295490610400..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: Life after birthpohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-11908452087220421202008-09-29T20:47:00.000+13:002008-09-29T20:47:00.000+13:00That's great news Miguel [about your new delight, ...That's great news Miguel [about your new delight, that is :^)] I wish you both abundant joy. <BR/><BR/>As for fly maggots, well, while I'm hard pressed to think of any that could reasonably be described as beautiful, many are awesomely weird and wonderful. Simuliid (blackfly) larvae, for example; or the larvae of net-winged midges (Blephariceridae), which live in only the purest, swiftest pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-15206488346105999172008-09-28T05:07:00.000+13:002008-09-28T05:07:00.000+13:00Hey Pete, sorry it's been so long since I last vis...Hey Pete, sorry it's been so long since I last visited... (I went and fell in love... you can see her on Facebook...) I'm still trying to ground myself again, too.<BR/><BR/>It's funny how so many people carry right into adulthood childhood stereotypes of creatures. I've especially insects since I was a small boy and long dreamed of becoming an entomologist. I never did become one, but even today butukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-72808491989980496532008-09-21T07:08:00.000+12:002008-09-21T07:08:00.000+12:00Thank you Paterika. I haven't seen that signpost, ...Thank you Paterika. I haven't seen that signpost, but in places we do have signs simply showing the silhouette of a kiwi — the bird, that is :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-30644195262609306002008-09-20T13:53:00.000+12:002008-09-20T13:53:00.000+12:00Hi PeteYou have painted the scene very well with y...Hi Pete<BR/>You have painted the scene very well with your descriptives. On the whole it provided an interesting read. BTW Don't they have signpost to say "Wildlife crossing, check speed", I'm smiling.Paterika Hengreaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296611217840599396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-20502254073008044392008-09-07T22:15:00.000+12:002008-09-07T22:15:00.000+12:00Gustav, Spring's really kicking in now here. I lov...Gustav, Spring's really kicking in now here. I love it — that promise of being warm at last. ;^)<BR/><BR/>Emma, I've often thought that real beauty is often not apparent, and what's superficially beautiful can often have little lasting appeal.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-50926475445369838942008-09-07T04:00:00.000+12:002008-09-07T04:00:00.000+12:00Everything has a purpose--contrary to the delusion...Everything has a purpose--contrary to the delusion we humans like to hold, that only what we perceive as beauty contains goodness.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193158939182430887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-72922111347992396742008-09-05T19:39:00.000+12:002008-09-05T19:39:00.000+12:00The black and white contrasts in the photo remind ...The black and white contrasts in the photo remind me of where I grew up in Wisconsin of North America.<BR/><BR/>There is bleakness, yet, there is hope. From the barren branch emanates the green leaf.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Spring and its eternal flame is on its way in NZ and Tassie!!!!!Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007035018960992565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-43820168734657399062008-09-04T20:31:00.000+12:002008-09-04T20:31:00.000+12:00Re Mac v PC: Ok, I'll admit it. It's this operat...Re Mac v PC: Ok, I'll admit it. It's this operator, not the machine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-11390656029265738552008-09-04T12:47:00.000+12:002008-09-04T12:47:00.000+12:00Peregrina, it's a good point, and leads inexorably...Peregrina, it's a good point, and leads inexorably to that difficult question about what causes us to think of some things (in this case, birds) as beautiful and others repellent (personally, I find vultures beautiful, but I have to admit it's not in the usual sense). How much is determined by what we know of their habits — if vultures sipped nectar from pretty flowers, would we still see them aspohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-11482096029123889372008-09-04T09:38:00.000+12:002008-09-04T09:38:00.000+12:00A rather shallow thought on kahu/vultures, Pete, t...A rather shallow thought on kahu/vultures, Pete, that ignores the deeper implications of what you've written. (I'm struggling on an unfamiliar computer that uses - heaven help me! - WINDOWS, which not only disappear unexpectedly in a way no self-respecting window has any right to do, but which display everything in a shade of grey that almost obliterates your image and renders the text on it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-70822419189335801142008-09-04T06:51:00.000+12:002008-09-04T06:51:00.000+12:00Thanks draw!, I appreciate the thumbs up. :^)Beth,...Thanks draw!, I appreciate the thumbs up. :^)<BR/><BR/>Beth, thank you. We have no vultures here in Aotearoa, so seeing them overseas was special for me — like seeing something mythological, reified.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-7847419622181598762008-09-04T00:37:00.000+12:002008-09-04T00:37:00.000+12:00Hi Pete, sorry to have been absent from your comme...Hi Pete, sorry to have been absent from your comments for a while. This was a beautiful post and meditation on the way nature uses everything. I too like vultures; they're just doing their job.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-53912110871364538472008-09-03T05:58:00.000+12:002008-09-03T05:58:00.000+12:00i like your artworkvery creativei like your artwork<BR/><BR/>very creativeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-44458892638498679842008-09-01T19:53:00.000+12:002008-09-01T19:53:00.000+12:00Thanks Anne-Marie. I hadn't thought consciously ab...Thanks Anne-Marie. I hadn't thought consciously about your point, but like you I do love kāhu. It's one of the common birds around here that I don't have a good photo of — ironic, or does that tell me something? Glad you liked the picture; I wasn't sure how it would be received, but I have to say the small size doesn't do it justice.<BR/><BR/>Robb, that's the kind of impression I was trying for. pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-39775413634106778422008-09-01T16:53:00.000+12:002008-09-01T16:53:00.000+12:00Kia ora Pete, Very dream like for some reason, lik...Kia ora Pete,<BR/> Very dream like for some reason, like a clagged in day on an unknown Ruahine ridge still to traverse. Cheers.<BR/>RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-82152831197134966162008-09-01T08:44:00.000+12:002008-09-01T08:44:00.000+12:00Pete, it would be easy, I think, to use beautiful ...Pete, it would be easy, I think, to use beautiful language to describe the kahu - such a gorgeous creature and one of my favourite birds. But you use beautiful language to describe what the kahu does, which is any thing BUT gorgeous. It's a wonderfully written piece; I can see the scene exactly in my mind as I read.<BR/><BR/>And I like what you've done with the image. This is very dark and Anne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769343406187885283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-3267079035050364552008-08-31T21:38:00.000+12:002008-08-31T21:38:00.000+12:00Cheers Zhoen. Here, kāhu fill a similar role to vu...Cheers Zhoen. Here, kāhu fill a similar role to vultures, but don't suffer the prejudice with which too many people view vultures elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Bob, true, but sometimes it's also good to get out in weather like that. It keeps you grounded.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-30540712109637578002008-08-30T20:49:00.000+12:002008-08-30T20:49:00.000+12:00I can feel the blurred, wet, stringy day. Some day...I can feel the blurred, wet, stringy day. Some days it is better to hibernate with your dreams and let nature work without our gaze. <BR/><BR/>BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-23204412652432254702008-08-30T00:25:00.000+12:002008-08-30T00:25:00.000+12:00Nothing going to waste.Nothing going to waste.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com