A local pond ...

.......... with what we used to inappropriately call nigger boys. So beautiful! They’re like a tussock, but they actually grow in water. Does anyone know the right name? I’ll call them water tussocks until I find the correct name.

Daughter & I did a long walk with Missy, out in the not-so-warm sunshine this afternoon. But we soon warmed up walking. Quite a stiff frost this morning.

An update - I’ve found the correct name for this unique plant -
‘ Carex secta is a sedge that is endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead by early European settlers, but that has fallen out of use because of its racist denotation.’