I went on an impulsive walk to St Clair beach yesterday, a place quite easy to fall in love with, given not only how scenic this beach is, but with the unassuming vibe it exudes. You'll find a mixed bag of people here: surfers, the older Dunedinites out for an evening walk, families with young children, students wanting a change in scenery, loved-up couples with their dogs and so on.
I got there when the tide was quite high,and the sun was on its way down. The first moon picture was taken when it was still quite bright obviously but I thought I'd try the zoom on my camera anyway and it's incredible to see how it's not merely the crescent our human eyes see, you can see the shadow the sun casts, and seeing it as an actual space body kind of blew my mind, even though I've always known it to be this huge satellite orbiting the Earth.
I got progressively more excited seeing actual craters as it got darker, even though it's not very clear. I'm laughing now thinking it's funny that a picture of the moon elicits this response in me, when astronauts people have actually stood on that cracked surface.
Anywho, I stayed out there on a bench until it was dark, and truly, there's a lot to be said about Dunedin when a single young-ish female can walk home 6 km completely safely after dark, only slightly nervous while walking into a band of rabbits that scampered off when they saw me, two of them boldly stopping to give me this sort-of stare down as I walked past. Random sight, especially in an urban part of town.
To finish off, on a totally different tangent, I'm unimpressed with Burgen's recent advertisements (I saw a billboard on the way home). This is a brand I've always respected, due to the high fiber content in their bread, in flavours and varieties I thought were skilled and imaginative (Pumpkin and Chia seed, hollaaa) but then they start using sex to sell this bread.
A good Burgen bread sandwich is like a party in your mouth, and it helps keep you regular, that's what's sexy about Burgen bread, not a team of models and stylists trying to sell you their image to make Burgen bread more appealing.
It doesn't dignify good bread to start selling it like this.
I'm really not a prude but there's a time and place!