A trip to New Zealand was something of a bust--sprained knee, second morning, downtown Wellington.  I've got a few pics up at the kneeboarding post in Surfing.  This one's just a casual snap in an Auckland garden.  It's fall down there, lots of European and American trees for fall color (the place was full of sweetgums and had some really big bald-cypresses).  But there's also tree ferns.  

This pool photo in the same garden seems to be attracting attention.  

Really bad picture and there were lots of more interesting buildings around (Parliament around the corner), but I was kinda proud to have noticed this one.  

Grey weather, small but good waves at Raglan's beach for normal beach-goers.  The famous lefts are up the road in the direction opposite the photo

And a bit of a magnificent native plant garden in Wellington.  It's up a bundh of wiggly streets in the hills.  The bus driver did a great job of dodging parked cars.  

This Bolivian palm at the Auckland Botanic Garden made friends.  

Auckland Botanic Gardens again.  How to landscape with native New Zealand plants.  Flax, Nikau palms, lots of shrubs.