I Never Promised You A Rose Garden . . .

. . . Lynn Anderson

This morning we went to the rose gardens in the Government Gardens to get a Flower Friday Blip.  These visitors were enjoying the blooms.
  Next stop was a walk along the lake front which has been redeveloped since I moved away.  The tall sculptures are pou tumu and were designed to reflect both past, present and future,The wooden ones represent past times and have been created with the more traditional approach of carving.  The second series of pou tumu are a symbol of contemporary and present times. These tumu have been constructed out of composite aluminium and have been created using a laser cutter.  The third series of pou tumu represents the future. These pou tumu were constructed using stainless steel. A laser cutter was also used to create this series and the pattern is inspired by a tupu kōwhaiwhai growth pattern.