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Happy New Year for 2016!


I've been meaning for the last week or so to stop and take photos of the Pohutukawa trees that are flowering here in the Bay of Plenty and finally I managed to do that this morning on the way to work. I stopped just down from Bureta Park and snapped these runners spring around the coastline, and with this scenery who wouldn't want to right?


Although the tide was out you can still see the scenery and let me tell you it's been boiling here to the point of melting here lately. See that green stuff on the sand? It's sea lettuce, weirdly enough, for a few weeks every year it comes in from the ocean then disappears again.


These Pohutukawa flowers and my favourite Summer flowers - truly New Zealand's very own Christmas tree.

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Comments

Fun60 said…
Never seen or heard of that tree before. It truly is a delight.
1 January 2016 at 03:52
eileeninmd said…
Hello, the blooms are beautiful. They are lovely trees. I wish you and your family a very happy, healthy New Year!
1 January 2016 at 09:50
Sylvia K said…
Ah, awesome blooms they are indeed and terrific captures for the day, Amy!! I do hope you have a wonderful new year - camera in hand, of course!! Enjoy!!
1 January 2016 at 09:56
Spare Parts and Pics said…
Beautiful flowers, they remind me a little of the bottle brush flowers here in California. Have a very Happy New Year!!
1 January 2016 at 11:08
Wayne said…
Happy new year!!
1 January 2016 at 11:27
Anonymous said…
Happy new year.
It seems like very few pohutokawa have flowered here, so your gorgeous pictures of them are very welcome.
1 January 2016 at 20:01
carol l mck said…
Beautiful trees and love nature shots despite the heat ~ Stay Cool.

Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year
2 January 2016 at 12:18
Viera said…
Beautiful flowers...really amazing photos...

I wish you Happy New Year...
3 January 2016 at 09:52
NatureFootstep said…
You have a fine Christmas tree :) I like them too. Gorgeous to look at and nice to take shots of. :)
3 January 2016 at 10:46
Amypie71 said…
Happy new year to you too :-)
3 January 2016 at 10:54
Amypie71 said…
thank you, happy new year to you too :-)
3 January 2016 at 10:54
Amypie71 said…
thank you, back at you :-)
3 January 2016 at 10:55
Amypie71 said…
thank you, happy new year to you too :-)
3 January 2016 at 10:55
Amypie71 said…
thank you, back at you, have a good 2016 :-)
3 January 2016 at 10:55
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
Oh my goodness those trees are beautiful. Happy New Year!
5 January 2016 at 03:19
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