THE WINDOW SEES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 67, 19 March 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE WINDOW SEES.

(By Theluia Millett, Orna Bay.) | Some time ago I wrote describing a country scene from my window; this time I write from the post office, right 011 the seashore and will try to describe what I can see from my window here. The tide is going out, lapping gently upon the sand as it leaves it; the atmosphere breathes peace and contentment, while the warm February sun smiles over all. Outside can be heard' the incessant hum of cicadas, while occasionally can be heard the chirpings of the sparrows or a shrill cry from the gulls circling across the water. Across the water is Puponga, looking solid and grim, standing out from Cornwallis and the Wesley Spragg Cenotaph. Puponga has a Cenotaph, too, erected to the memory of the fallen soldiers in the last war. Pines are planted 011 Puponga, and I can see a grove of them from here, looking so cosy in one of the little dips, which shelters them from the cold wind's. Huia can :be seen, too. Huia with her bushclad hills, which are always shrouded in purple haze. A road winds its way along the easier grades to Puponga, or somewhere near. The water i« not blue to-day, but reflects 9 ver -changing and wonderful shades and lights. Tlie clouds, although fluffy looking, are merging in colour, from white to a dirty grey, turning whiter again against the distant hills.