Author: Peter Peryer

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Coleus

 
 
For the last 12 months I’ve quite suddenly
become interested in coleus. These specimens
are in my studio and seemed to have
grown quite sturdy over the winter.
 
I’ve photographed them several times over the
last few months but, as usual, todays image
is the one that I am most interested in.
 

Today

 
I’m in the middle of a major
tighten up of my office, studio,
and living quarters.
Now have new roof, insulation, wool on top,
munched up plastic drink bottles underneath,
and black plastic on the damp earth.
Came across these two photos this afternoon.
They are between two and seven years old.

Snake

 
 
 
Last night I was babysitting and fortunately
for me the four and a half year old
dug into my toy boxes and dragged
objects out that I had forgotten about.
 
This snake is one of them.

Outside Walls

 
 
 
Today I have had my electric chainsaw
out and been clearing walls on which
I can glue up photographs that
I have been storing in my studio.
This photo is several years old,
taken of a piece of driftwood
that I picked up near here.
The green plant on either
side is the vine Tecomanthe
Speciosa

A Child

 
I have quite a lot of toys here and tonight
also a child.
The blue inflatable fish I’ve had for about
2 years, it originally came from
Invercargill.
I’d had a few attempts at turning it into a picture
but to no avail although I did make
an earlier version, from the collection of the
Southland Museum.
It was a fish turned into light.

But to get back to the point,
the child today had found the blue
fish, blown it up, and brought it
to show me.
It made me take up my camera again.

Hanging


 
 
I’m having a major rehanging
of the walls where I live at present.
 
It’s taking much longer than I thought
it would, but still, it requires thought.
 
The bed in the upper photo is in fact
quite small. It’s a child’s bed in my guest room.
The pink object on the foot of the bed
is a hot water bottle.
The nights are frosty here at present.
 
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