Friday, February 3, 2023

2 February 2023 Oamaru: Dance Party in the Backyard

 


We settled in and then made some snacks for happy hour.  Cheese, crackers and a pair of  GnT's.  We used the boysenberry / blackberry hybrid in the drinks and it was a great mix.  We first sat on the front porch and watched the ocean but there were too many cars driving by.  So we moved to the backyard and set up shop with our speaker, our playlists, the camera and the aforementioned drinks.  I got good pictures of the butterflies, the bees and some birds.  The yard had so many flowers that it was like being in a formal garden.  Lilys, dahlias, tea roses, and many more types I can not easily identify.  As we finished our snacks and had another drink the music really started to speak to us.  That is when the impromptu dance party started.  We each had a solo dance out on the lawn and the laughing was great fun!  



The fruit and the mix


A cone of purple 


These are the flowers that the bees and the butterflies loved


A dahlia and an apple


Tea flowers


Blue beauties


A splash of red


Apples too!


Time to get some apples


The apple trees were filled with fruit


Hello Dahlia, hello?



Our sea view!



Pink dahlias 


Tea roses


Red dahlia


Tiger Lilly


Big and red


Monarch Butterfly


Penguin cutouts


The tea roses and the ocean


The plantings are so professional looking


Spider man


A beautiful planting


Monarch butterflies


Big bees


Big dance moves




Shake it baby


Tell it like it is!



Then we were danced out


The silvereye can now rest



It has been 242 days since we began our Migration