For my Sabbath 'fun thing' today I went to Eric Armishaw Park just after low tide for a wander over the beach and mudflats. In the process, I learned that mangroves have rather odd but kind-of pretty flowers:
and that honey bees love them:
Mangrove honey anyone??!! I also saw one tiny wasp (?) and a bumble bee :-)
There was also quite a lot of what I think might be sea rocket [UPDATE: a botanist friend identified it as an Atriplex, and I'm pretty sure it's Atriplex prostrata - handily, the whole genus is edible, as I'd already nibbled on some and it's yum!], interspersed with the mangroves:
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| Tiger came with me. We both spent some time flopped on the shells in the sun :-) |
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| It amazes me how such a neat spot is so close to the motorway :-) |
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| After walking out along the spit and across the mangroves I came back to the beach to rest and reflect in the shade - and to enjoy looking up through the pÅhutukawa leaves. I was reading Genesis 1 and was struck with wonder at the idea of God choosing to make humanity in His own image/likeness. Such an honour!! |
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| Martin got me beach shoes for Christmas. I've mostly used them for swimming, but they were great today for wandering over all manner of slippery and uncertain surfaces :-) |
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| Ready to go home - complete with small sample of putative sea rocket, now identified as an Atriplex :-) |
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