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Reflections in the Kauri Pond

Thursday the 14th We have sad banana syndrome again...... it frosted, just enough to maim rather than murder, however frost cloth had been applied to the smaller sensitives. Last months creation in rocks and mussel buoys is rewarding us with quite startling growth with the only downside being excessive quantities of greens leading to a proliferation of the salad department....... green stuff. The new Kauri Pond hinted at in last months post is that reflecting thing you can’t quite see in the above photo. It actually looks better than that now, the photo was just an attempt to catch the light of a sunny/foggy morning in the mid-construction period. A new dimension has been created with views beyond the immediate and towards a fine Rewarewa, hopefully next flowering season will give a nice wee show of flower and bird. As a bonus there are a lot of Rewarewa seedlings in the general area waiting to be potted on for replanting elsewhere on the property. The next photo taken on the same morning sort of illustrates the “feel” of the Kauri Pond area after rain, there gets this glow to it...........

Call me psychic but I am picking the next round of “jobs” will be assorted prunings, trimmings and other such winterish stuff leading to shredding, chipping and steaming great piles of................... mulch. The latest sculpture is nearing completion so no more “......weren’t you doing that last time we were here 6 months ago?” type comments.

Monday the 18th Saved by the weather!! ...... from the pruning that is and from hordes of kids this school holiday so far. This is good in that I have been inclined to updating my own website giving it a much needed going over if for no other reason than the spelling mistakes sitting there from many years ago. Some wonder why Treedragon? so without covering the explicit details of why that was chosen I will copy this snippet put in my bio “Some preamble about the persona of Treedragon..... I do answer to just about anything, it matters not to me what i am called, but mostly i am called martin. From the very earliest of ages i was never comfortable with my given name, it is not me and not mine, in fact on a legal basis i do not even own it and neither do i claim to any ownership of my given name. Starting life with someone elses definition doesn’t seem the best way of begining to me. The “name” is something between myself and my creator. Another aspect is that i am not into the cult of names as seen today nor any of the ascribed importance to such name, it is not possible to pin down and delineate an ever changing aspect of consciousness. Naming and defining limits and encourages one to not be present in the reality of the being in front of you............ hence i do not mind being called “hey you” be aware though that it does invite tailored responses......... for entertainment purposes only you understand :-) “ So there you have it, and now the photo of the day, featuring the standard “a bit ragged around the edges”.

Tuesday 26th July ............and below is a showing the new rock wall leading the eye to the reflection pool. I have to say it is altogether more visceral on the spot and i note that no photos seems to do any of it justice because , I am guessing it is a ”feeling thing”

Today I likened to Heather the similarity between computer software development and this garden, both go in stages of release consisting of major releases with in between tweaks............... this is release #3 and I don’t stop fiddling who knows where it will lead..................... The saving grace is that all existence tends towards growth and change and this place is forever changing.......... it’s almost spiritual.

Thursday 28th July It’s nearing month’s end i see and did the sculpture get finished one might ask? Yes. A sudden urge to get it up and mounted saw me searching for an old post and putting in it’s place just in time for a shower of rain to acknowledge the piece. Pruning hasn’t happened yet, rain, rain and............. yes. Spring is also starting to bust out, a bit early but lot’s of cold ahead and so far no sign of conditions on the horizon for frosts, all good, and enough rainless bits for getting the gardens cleaned up and planning out the next trends. The trouble with all this gardening lark is that when you do some it immediately implies the next door bit needs souping up as well. The stone and mussel buoy gardens are producing very well, and yes its a continuous run of salads as predicted, no winter fat build up around here methinks.