http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com hosted photoblogs at shutterchance.com :: RSS LiveUpdate en-us http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/209087.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/209087_81.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Fennel Head "><br />

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2009-02-06 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=209087 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/207861.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/207861_df.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Beetle and Flower "><br /> An unknown bug on an unknow weed captured my attention at the local pond.

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2009-02-01 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=207861 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/198393.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/198393_aa.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Sunset "><br /> Sunset in Tauranga NZ.

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-11-28 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=198393 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/197731.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/197731_ae.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Wild Roses "><br />

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-11-23 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=197731 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/195789.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/195789_4d.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Dragonfly "><br />

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-11-12 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=195789 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/195274.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/195274_3b.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Wild Flowers and Sunsets "><br /> Wildflowers and Sunsets...a near perfect mix?

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-11-08 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=195274 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/194085.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/194085_ed.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Maori Culture Group. "><br /> Maori Cultural Performance by children from my kids school. The facial markings are drawn on tribal tattos. You can see more photos on my Tauranga Blog here.

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-11-01 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=194085 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/193777.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/193777_65.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Wild Fennel "><br /> Wild Fennel flower not yet open. Most people consider fennel to be a weed, but I think it's pretty and worthy of a photo!

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-10-30 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=193777 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/192883.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/192883_ec.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Flax Flower, Harakeke #3 "><br />

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-10-25 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=192883 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/192745.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/192745_8b.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Flax Flower, Harakeke #2 "><br /> Harakeke, NZ Native Flax. This is an amazing bush and in flower at this time of year. I also have close ups of those fat flower buds to post. If you look closely you can see some very imature buds still being protected by the main stalk and it's sheath (Yes I have close ups of that too....) The real height of this stalk is about 3m. I was laying on the grass to shoot this in order to get the full height in!

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-10-23 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=192745 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/192516.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/192516_00.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Copper Beech Tree "><br /> These amazing coloured leaves are from huge Copper Beech trees. The tree is just starting to to explode with colour now, something it has been doing for 105 years! I have several more images of this tree on my other blog which you can see here if you'd like to.

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-10-22 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=192516 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photoblog/192164.htm <img src="http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/photos/7997/192164_2e.jpg" border="0" alt="photo - Flax Flower, Harakeke "><br /> This sheath that is coming away provides protection to the flax flowers as they form. Flax, also called Harakeke is Native to New Zealand.

]]> Lisa Sarsfield 2008-10-20 http://lisasarsfield.shutterchance.com/blog.php?itemRef=192164