A Walk Through The Lee Reserve

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The first date I ever went on with my husband, was a walk through the Lee Reserve, with my then 22 year old youngest son, & his then 15 year old only son …..no I am not a cougar lol …he just entered fatherhood a lot later than I entered motherhood. We are actually just seven weeks difference in age. Anyway …..we went on a lovely, leisurely walk through this privately-owned native bush reserve, which is a 25 minute drive from where we both lived, & still do live. We forged on ahead, with our sons trailing on behind, all four of us getting to know one another. It was a lovely day in autumn, over the Easter break. The birds were singing. The sun was shining through the canopy of native trees overhead, & a line of naked ladies stood on a slight rise to one side of us. When I exclaimed in delight “Oh look …..Naked Ladies” three pairs of male eyes swung in all directions. The feverish glow in those darting orbs was quickly distinguished as I laughingly pointed out the long row of elegant pink-flowering lilies with their darker pink naked stems. I still tell this little story to guests sometimes. Always raises a smile & sometimes a chuckle …but not from my OH lol. That was almost ten years ago ….I should have had Naked Ladies in my wedding bouquet! Sadly, I did not have a camera with me that day & we have not been through the Lees Reserve since. We plan to walk through it again on our tenth wedding anniversary end of January 2014. So these photos were taken by someone else who enjoyed the walk too. The last photo is of our beautiful native bush pidgeon the Kereru, with its lovely vivid pink feet.

• 13 Jan, 2013
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