Sunrise, Wednesday, 9 September, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

As long as we’re talking about spring, here are the beautiful red blooms of the Kakabeak (growing in a large planter on our deck).

A chonki kererū snarfing down some kōwhai flowers in our front garden today. #spring

Morning, Tuesday, 8 September from Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Stormy and windy. Ata mārie / Good Morning 💨

This is a Kekeno/ New Zealand Fur Seal having breakfast in the shallow reefs this morning as the sun comes up.

Sunrise, Saturday, 5 September, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Friday, 4 September, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Another view from my morning beach walk (with music)

Sunrise, Thursday, 3 September, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Pre-sunrise photo, 2 September, Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand

Sunrise, Wednesday, 2 September, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Monday, 31 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Kia pai tō wiki / Have a Good Week ☀️

Morning, Sunday, 30 August, from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Slate-grey skies and sea. I love the deep rumble of the shoreline rocks as the waves retreat. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 29 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, FRIDAY, 28 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Portrait framing again to best showcase the wild freesias. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Thursday, 27 August, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Wednesday, 26 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Tuesday, 25 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Monday, 24 August, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Very placid seas this morning. Kia pai tō wiki / Have a good week ☀️

If anyone wants the (landscape format) real-time 35 minute version of today's sunrise, here's a link: youtu.be/gpkEeRYprDg

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Sunrise, Sunday, 23 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. I thought I’d go portrait mode today to better frame these beautiful wild freesias that have begun to bloom on the dunes. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

From my former life in Oregon: a time lapse I took of the the mist over Trillium Lake dancing as the sun rises on Mt. Hood.

Sunrise, Saturday, 22 August, from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, FRIDAY, 21 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Morning, Thursday, 20 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Rainy, cold, and windy 💨 Ata mārie / Good Morning 🌦️

Sunrise, Tuesday, 11 August from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 9 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. I chose this spot as there’s a cool little natural small bridge in the reef rocks. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Pre-sunrise, Saturday, 8 August, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. I thought I would check in before sunrise as it’s so pretty. The contrail overhead is the only international flight that passes over this area; from Santiago Chile to Auckland. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, FRIDAY, 7 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Cold AS this morning 🥶 Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Morning, Thursday, 6 August, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Another cloudy morning, but still lovely. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️