Royalty

This morning I headed off from my site very early and took some dawn photos down at Moeraki rocks.  There was some pretty colour in the sky so I felt it had been worth the early start.

From there I drove south.  I had thought I'd come away with no specific plans in mind, but realised that I couldn't go home without visiting Blaze's cross.  The paddock behind it was a beautiful sea of gold - a different sort of gold from yesterday's sunflowers.  It looked so lovely with a backdrop of ripe wheat that it would have been my blip.

But . . . 

As I headed back north I stopped off at a creek I'd never stopped at before and this Royal Spoonbill took to the sky.  It's the first time I've really caught a decent photo of one in flight so it has to be my blip.  It was fortunate that I managed to photograph it against a blue part of the sky.  This gives the idea that it was a peerless blue day - but it's a false impression.  There was plenty of white cloud around, I was just lucky!

I've put Blaze's cross in extras because it really did look great.  I 'm sure if he was aware of it he'd be enjoying the colour and the gentle rustling sound it was making in the wind.