Fringe/Bangs

At a hair dresser's, Queen Street, Richmond.
 

Richmond Decoration

Some lovely and inexpensive decoration on/around the footpath in Richmond. I wish we had many more of these all over. 

Queen Street, Richmond

Richmond is 20 minutes down the road, and we used to go to the kitchen shop, the model train/dollhouse shop and the mall every so often, but the first two closed, and we've seldom been back the last 20? years.

We took the bus a fortnight ago because Ben wanted to go to a food court, which we don't have in Nelson. Richmond Hall is undergoing refurbishment and the food court is being redone right now, but we found many delightful, family-owned ethnic eateries up and down Queen Street. We settled on Iskandar at Sultans, where I fell in love with beetroot humus. And yes, we asked the chef his ingredients. 

More Hospital Decal

Hospital Eye Clinic has a new home; no longer a dark corner at the end of the hallway, but in a new building. But when one is given eyedrops to have the pupils enlarged, the waiting area in the old dark hallway feels like a much better option. Anyhoo... best bird decals of all hospital decal I've seen so far. 

Nelson Hospital Eye Clinic

What Veg in Your Veg Patch?

So cute; please make a bean one, or an orange tomato? 
Mitre10 Mega Nelson 

Big Hot Pink

We're not big fans of magnolias, but have seen several lovely ones with smaller flowers, whites, dark reds, and we just were talking about them, when, suddenly, this guy popped up! The biggest, gigantic-est hot pink!
Mitre10 Mega Nelson 

Not Passed Use-By Date

I like the new name/sign - I can't remember what it used to be called, but I always thought of it as passed use-by date section. I'm a big fan of these sections; some hardly need reviving.  

If you can find something you like, that is. 
Mitre10 Mega Nelson. 

Ah, Not Again.

The garden center keeps showing us what fun stuff we could have if only we had a dog. 
Mitre10 Mega Nelson.
 

Shhhhhhh....

I read about these in supermarkets on social media, but we happened to be there a fortnight ago; there were no music or announcements during this hour as far as I could tell. 
Woolworth Trafalgar Park. 

 

Nelson Foundry

We've been going to the same supermarket, though it's gone through several name changes, for nearly 30 years; for the first time I noticed this in the carpark. Nelson had a foundry until 2006. 
Fresh Choice/Countdown/Woolworth Trafalgar Park. (I might be missing one more name.) 

Cloud Wacth

 

There have been some good sunsets this winter/spring. It helps Meg decided it was time we had some trees trimmed, because now I can see the sky, clouds, and sunsets. This was a fortnight ago. 

Kererū

 

We will have lived in this house for 30 years by next January. We only noticed one of these giants nearby this side of the pandemic, and then one flew over my head a couple of weeks ago. That time, I only heard and felt its presence, but wouldn't call it a "sighting". Then one Friday, this! (Or should I say, "these!")  

Kererū | New Zealand pigeon | New Zealand Birds Online

Tempted, Again

Friends in Las Vegas have cactus sculpture in their garden, and I was immediately dazzled by these. But metal in Nelson... Hummmm.... I don't know how long they will remain rust-free, and with the frequent gusts, I'm not sure how well they'll do at ours. 

Cute, though, eh? 

Mitre 10, Quarantine Road. 


 

Even I Have Limits

I love hellebores, (singles,) and am also a fan of the passed-used-by-date section of the garden store. But $10 to wait a whole year to see the the lovely whites? Maybe not this time. But if you're still there the next time... 

Mitre 10, Quarantine Road.