Working from home...

The past few weeks as I have sat on the sofa working, I have been able to look out the living room window, past the frame of pendulous lavender wisteria, to two Kakabeaks (Kōwhai ngutukākā) that cover a trellis. The Kakabeak is not a long-lived plant and these two are past their used-by date, yet they have produced these glorious, jewel-like flowers that have glowed in all weathers.

Meanwhile, back at the sofa, I disappear for two minutes and my work space (with cushions for my back and feet) is immediately colonised...