{"id":40745,"date":"2023-01-02T17:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T04:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40745"},"modified":"2023-01-02T17:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T04:42:23","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/on-supernatural-underground-now-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28238 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Supelogo_2.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Happy New Year, one and all!<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I\u2019ve posted a Happy New Year on the Supernatural Underground, too, it being the first of the month and all.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve taken a chillax approach and posted some \u201cinside Middle Earth\u201d pics that I hope visitors will enjoy. The two photos shared with you here are by way of bonus New Year goodness.<\/p>\n<p>Both trees featured are pohutakawa (<em>Metrosideros excelsa<\/em>), but the first photo features a tree with relatively unusual yellow flowers, whereas the red is both more common and the reason why it&#8217;s sometimes called the &#8220;NZ Christmas tree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40748\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Yellow-Pohutakawa_Small-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Yellow-Pohutakawa_Small-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Yellow-Pohutakawa_Small-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Yellow-Pohutakawa_Small-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Yellow-Pohutakawa_Small-1024x987.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years I\u2019ve posted on themes:<\/p>\n<p>2019 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/romance-in-fantasy-fiction-celebrating.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2020\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/year-of-worldbuilding-in-fantasy-11.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worldbuilding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2021 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/magic-in-fantasy-12-wall-of-night-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic Systems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2022 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/what-makes-hero-10-camaraderie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Makes A Hero?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: The links are to the final post in each series, for the excellent reason that links to all the preceding instalments are listed at the end of the post. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m still mulling whether to go with a theme for 2023, or not, so if you\u2019re keen to know the outcome, check back on 1 February!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, to check out a new year from \u201cinside Middle Earth\u201d, click on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/happy-new-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Supernatural Underground: Happy New Year<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40747\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Red-pohutakawa_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Red-pohutakawa_small.jpg 800w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Red-pohutakawa_small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Red-pohutakawa_small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-12_Red-pohutakawa_small-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PS: I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re all savvy to New Year being a midsummer festival here in the Southern Hemisphere, but in case you&#8217;re wondering at the summery theme, that&#8217;s why. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year, one and all! And yes, I\u2019ve posted a Happy New Year on the Supernatural Underground, too, it being the first of the month and all. I\u2019ve taken a chillax approach and posted some \u201cinside Middle Earth\u201d pics that I hope visitors will enjoy. The two photos shared with you here are by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40745"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40754,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40745\/revisions\/40754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}