Slow...

……………….Shutter Speed


… and a breeze created the movement of this Japanese Anemone for the Mono Monday challenge of ‘out of focus’ 





Many thanks for your interest in yesterday’s collage - hopefully I will get to photograph the final event as the monarch emerges from its chrysalis.




Coronavirus - Day 26 of Lockdown in NZ
Total coronavirus cases across NZ is 1440
An increase of 9 new cases 
Death Toll across NZ remains at 12 
Number in Hospital 14 - with 3 of these in intensive care, 2 in critical condition
Recovered  974 - meaning more half of those infected have now recovered
Total number of people tested for virus across NZ  86,305 (all random testing results to date are negative)

-These statistic are for the whole of NZ and usually announced daily at 1pm via a live broadcast on national TV. 
- However, today’s broadcast was delayed until 4pm for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that NZ would move from Alert Level 4 to Level 3 at 11.59pm Monday 29th April - an extra five days of present lockdown.
- Level 3 is designed to allow more economic activity while community socialising remains very much restricted.
- Following two weeks at Alert Level 3 the government will reassess the situation.