Sketchy XIV

…(…”Wednesday” removed to reduce international time difference anxiety…)…

…the “Zealandia” in question is the submerged continent that New Zealand is the top of …not the native bird sanctuary in Wellington…

… the idea has it’s roots in that marvellous H.P. Lovecraft tale “The Call Of Cthulhu”…

…the well-spring of all things tentacly…

…(like I’d suggest burning down a bird sanctuary!)…

…dig deeper below….

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia

https://www.visitzealandia.com/

Cthulhu Arrival Check List

…Hills surrounding Dunedin?….. Check.

…Drums being Beaten?…. Check (sound on mute, sorry).

…..Gelatinous monster thing in foreground?… Check.

… Large quantities of tentacles?….. Ch…. awww, it’s just a jelly fish.…but a very pretty jelly fish, you’ll have to admit. The size of a dinner plate…nearly stood on the damn thing (jelly fish noise on mute, sorry) ….had large arm load of crap that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pick up again without bursting a kidney… had to walk (read “stagger-unsteadily-under-the-weight-of-an-old-cargo-net”) to the car and run back to take the snaps so as not to be late for an appointment…..

PS… for those of you who don’t know… HP Lovecraft mentions my home town, Dunedin, in his story “The Call of Cthulhu”… subsequently, we are always on our guard down here in case his “story” takes a prophetic turn.