Malcolm Gunn

Spot the difference...

Posted by Malcolm Gunn on 15 June 2010 | 7 Comments

Apart from the camera angle, there is one easily spotted difference between these two photos...

and ten minutes later...

The presence of one Cordyline australis in the bottom picture is what would, in a more commerical setting, put you in the draw to win a chance to go in the draw to get a discount on a purchase of some sort.  That cabbage tree started life self-seeded from the monster specimen in the back yard, alongside the concrete path outside my basement where it grew apace and unfettered for some years, holding enough water to wet mewhenever I passed after a rainshower.  I have been thinking about moving it to Makara Peak for some time (pretty  well whenever it shed its payload of rainwater on me) and now that it is winter, the planets, stars and other celestial bodies aligned themselves in such a way as to awaken me to the task.  These celestial accidents are what get me to paint the bathroom ceiling after contemplating its sorry state over decades from the warm luxury of a post-ride bath.  Anyway, like painting the bathroom ceiling, it is done.  There are other cabbage trees in the back yard that are likely to make the long walk up Varleys - it seems to me that the track pictured would make a fine Avenue Cordyline.  Watch this space...