“Please leave toilet seat up after use. It helps with the ventilation”- sign in public toilet, Port Jackson.
Pohutukawa -New Zealand Christmas Tree, North Island / Te Ika-a-Maui. Pentax MX, Portra 800, May 2024.
King Country
Timber stands tall
Till it comes down
Trucks roll down
The dirt road.
Green sweet grass
It grows in the rain
The cows, the sheep
Eat it all day.
-A.S. 13/5/2024, Ongarue.
Coastal pastures, contour lines made by livestock. Pentax MX, Portra 800, May 2024.
Sweet as bro
I will remember the moment always
When I topped the ridge in the cloud forest
Mist swirling through the trees,
Victory tune playing in my head.
The moment of perfect absorption
As if nothing else truly mattered,
The ecstatic bliss of being present
Of this moment being worthy of attention.
The way the trees just stood there,
The forest path winding,
My bicycle’s wheels finding
Their way on the pumice.
When everything melts away
All the possibilities narrow down to one
We become what we see
We learn to become the sun.
-A.S. - Port Jackson 24/5/'2024
Green and windy. Pentax MX, Portra 800 May 2024.