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mbled across those purple mountain slopes.</p><p id="b4fc">Endless fields of wild thyme are covering the hillsides of Central Otago on the Southern Island. And do you know what? One can cook beautifully with this delicious herb and wildflower.</p><figure id="df9c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*5wjr8GLM4I5lsfQ9-IhGiA.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Purple haze is covering Otago’s hills every spring and summer. | </b>Photo credit: <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="31aa">This Must Be the Place</h2><p id="0be7">Our first overnight hiking trip in New Zealand began with lots of excitement and some unknown fear as well. Will we find a place to camp was our biggest worry as we inspected the map beforehand and were wondering if there was some flat ground after the last farmland and before the valley turned into a narrow gorge?</p><p id="20dc"><i>This must be place</i> was exactly what I was thinking when I saw this clearing. Right next to the river. What a perfect spot to camp.</p><figure id="323d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*6jHFzRRAcdy1vHJhkVNBgA.jpeg"><figcaption><b>What do you think of our camping spot? | </b>Photo credit: <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="a71e">In The Heat of The Night</h2><p id="3f0e">I was thinking of sharing a picture of a fire. At night. I got plenty of those taken somewhere in Africa. But this was supposed to be an exclusive New Zealand edition and while the fire ban isn't active yet, the country will soon announce again the fire danger level not allowing any flames outdoors.</p><p id="3295">So what other heat can you find in the night? A tent lit up by a torch and warmed through two bodies? I guess that can be called some heat of the night, I'd say.</p><figure id="9f2a"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*6HMpuRQabsZObCFVZOQoig.jpeg"><figcaption><b>Our tent during a dark night. | </b>Photo credit: <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><p id="0576">And yes, while finishing this post, our first month is ending, and I'm wondering how I will be able to say goodbye to this place in a few months.</p><p id="e194"><i>This is a prompt response to <a href="undefined">Rodrigo S-C</a>'s photography challenge of Full Frame.</i></p><div id="90b7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/52-weeks-photography-project-61caed64c726"> <div> <div> <h2>52 Weeks Photography Project</h2>

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    </div><p id="65c5"><i>Read here other participants and their prompt responses:</i></p><p id="bb81"><a href="undefined"><i>Barb Dalton</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/scurrying-to-finish-this-52-week-challenge-0e6decbc4de9">Scurrying to Finish this 52-Week Challenge</a>”</i></p><p id="81a1"><a href="undefined"><i>Xine Segalas</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/52-week-photography-project-5972cc8bbfbc">52-Week Photography Project</a>”</i></p><p id="84b1"><a href="undefined"><i>pockett dessert</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/november-musings-mirror-reflection-purple-haze-this-place-and-in-the-heat-of-the-night-fcec06e5899b">November Musings: Mirror Reflection, Purple Haze, This Place and In The Heat of The Night</a>”</i></p><p id="b24f"><a href="undefined"><i>kasey sparks</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/52-week-photography-project-november-edition-b19c9b15e176">52-Week Photography Project: November Edition</a>”</i></p><p id="67d2"><a href="undefined"><i>Erika Burkhalter</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/the-mirror-of-the-sky-bisou-and-the-moon-purple-haze-here-is-now-dancing-with-fire-cf1950ed3422">The Mirror of the Sky, Bisou and the Moon, Purple Haze, Here is Now, Dancing with Fire</a>”</i></p><p id="d87b"><a href="undefined"><i>Lauri Novak</i></a><i> with “<a href="https://readmedium.com/my-first-52-weeks-photography-project-story-72ff03ac911d">My First 52 Weeks Photography Project Story</a>”</i></p><p id="ccbd"><i>Join my email list <a href="https://mailchi.mp/9dd74c10ac6b/signup-mydreamofafrica">here</a> if you would like to read more photo essays.</i></p><p id="3a95"><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Anne+Bonfert"><i>Shutterstock</i></a><i> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mydreamofafrica/?hl=en">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXOWGPFOVRSXu9-F14313w">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://mailchi.mp/9dd74c10ac6b/signup-mydreamofafrica">Mailchimp</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/de/Anne-Bonfert/e/B08PPD2Y41?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1668865050&amp;sr=8-1">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Bonfi92/shop?asc=u">Redbubble</a></i></p></article></body>

NOVEMBER

The First New Zealand Edition

Of the 52-week photography challenge

**Lake Hawea. |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

It took me a bit more than a month to put together this challenge response as I needed that one image still to finish the piece. It's been just as long since we moved to New Zealand and instead of looking for photographs in my archives for this prompt, I decided to take new ones.

So here is my New Zealand Edition Of the 52-week photography challenge. The November edition.

Mirror image

Every morning we drove past the lake which lay there so still and untouched, the surrounding shorelines were mirrored perfectly in the water. And yet, I didn’t dare to ask David to stop and let me take a picture.

Maybe it was meant this way.

Today we were heading into our weekend driving along Hawea Lake, a massive body of water nestled between the peaks of the Southern Alps when David pointed out the reflections on the perfectly flat surface.

"Can we stop here please?"

**Reflection of the mountains in the lake and that black thing in the air is a seagull. With a very weird shape mid-flight. |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

In My Life

Did you want to see something out of my life?

While I'm officially here to earn some money jumping out of planes, all I can think of is where we'll be hiking next. Walking through the wilderness and exploring New Zealand’s native beech forest is something out of my life.

Something very much taking over my life right now.

**That’s my happy place. Hiking in the forest. |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

Purple Haze

I wanted to get that perfect sunset shot. Or find some purple in the night sky. Some haze or fog? None of it. Nothing. I almost gave up on the purple haze when I stumbled across those purple mountain slopes.

Endless fields of wild thyme are covering the hillsides of Central Otago on the Southern Island. And do you know what? One can cook beautifully with this delicious herb and wildflower.

**Purple haze is covering Otago’s hills every spring and summer. |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

This Must Be the Place

Our first overnight hiking trip in New Zealand began with lots of excitement and some unknown fear as well. Will we find a place to camp was our biggest worry as we inspected the map beforehand and were wondering if there was some flat ground after the last farmland and before the valley turned into a narrow gorge?

This must be place was exactly what I was thinking when I saw this clearing. Right next to the river. What a perfect spot to camp.

**What do you think of our camping spot? |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

In The Heat of The Night

I was thinking of sharing a picture of a fire. At night. I got plenty of those taken somewhere in Africa. But this was supposed to be an exclusive New Zealand edition and while the fire ban isn't active yet, the country will soon announce again the fire danger level not allowing any flames outdoors.

So what other heat can you find in the night? A tent lit up by a torch and warmed through two bodies? I guess that can be called some heat of the night, I'd say.

**Our tent during a dark night. |** Photo credit: Anne Bonfert

And yes, while finishing this post, our first month is ending, and I'm wondering how I will be able to say goodbye to this place in a few months.

This is a prompt response to Rodrigo S-C's photography challenge of Full Frame.

52 Weeks Photography Project

The November Edition.

medium.com

Read here other participants and their prompt responses:

Barb Dalton with “Scurrying to Finish this 52-Week Challenge”

Xine Segalas with “52-Week Photography Project”

pockett dessert with “November Musings: Mirror Reflection, Purple Haze, This Place and In The Heat of The Night”

kasey sparks with “52-Week Photography Project: November Edition”

Erika Burkhalter with “The Mirror of the Sky, Bisou and the Moon, Purple Haze, Here is Now, Dancing with Fire”

Lauri Novak with “My First 52 Weeks Photography Project Story”

Join my email list here if you would like to read more photo essays.