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Happy Holidays from Nelson, New Zealand

Sunday Afternoon

At parking square, last week   There were many people around Pengino around 5min earlier than this shot.  We were one of them.

Trafalgar Street

Sunday afternoon, about 3pm.

Parasols

Quiet time...

S&F

"Beauty in the eye of the BEER holder".  A blackboard sign found at the front of S&F.

Someone said chips!?

Yeah, I smell it !

Fish Shop

The First Anniversary on next Wednesday!

Sunset

Sunset from Tuesday evening.

Does it Weigh on Your Conscience?

That's the name of this Graham Bennett sculpture at the Suter.

Sculpture Exhibition - Graham Bennett

@ The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson.
It's fantastic, you must see this. Make sure go inside as well.

Art Market

Sunday @ Refinery ArtSpace

MicroCity

Or, the auction house parking lot ornament. Makes me want to go junk shopping.

Yellow Carpet

We have rain today...  We needed it and waited for long, but seems to be it will keep in this way for next few days.  

I hope weekend will be another sunny day.



This has been taken in last week under the bright light.

Flower

At the edge...

Waterfront

Featuring "AOTEAROA" the famous mural. 

Waterfront

Ghost Display

@ Palm

Sweets

The sign still has "Florists" written at side but it is a sweets shop now. 

White Gum-Boots

Yellow

Bright yellow parasol at SQ.

Welcome Robot at ReUse Shop

Well that is more accurately a sculpture used by recycled metal parts.

Shoe Repair St.

To enter the shop!   I like the sign (the little green one)

Liquid Alchemy

We went to the open day on Saturday.

I got back home with a bottle of very nice "crafted" Gin (Batch 1, bottle 210/237).   I have out of rose lime juice but had a fresh lime version of Gimlet when I got back. 

Contact and open hours can be find at  their web site : liquidalchemy.co.nz .

1st Cut Gin

Tahunanui Beach

Sand Art

ON the way home at Tahunanui Beach on Friday.

Mates

 I spotted this guy taking pictures in pretty bad wind Friday afternoon.

And these guys waving back. So, not the big city high rise, but in that wind, it's still a pretty gutsy job.

Practice

Friday morning, Central School kids were spotted practicing their Masked Parade gig from my drawing class classroom.

Blossom

Almost in the last leg....

Full of Beans

Ben's a good cook, but last night he made me Bean Curry which is sure to become one of the most memorable. It had just the right amount of beans and veggies to make the spices come alive without overpowering. Tasty!!

Dinner

Ben's Green-lipped mussels steamed in white wine and garlic with shallots, spring onions and taragon. With asparagus and my ugly-but-tasty bread of many grains. We apologize; we watched "Spirited Away" during dinner.

A Familiar Tree

While I was in Japan, I read a dozen Japanese books on van Gogh. Japan has reciprocal affinity with Impressionists, and by extension people who followed in the various post-Imporessionist-isms, but especially with Monet, Renoir and van Gogh. I saw several original painting from this era in variouso permanent collections.

And now I see that there are some Vincent-esque views in Nelson as well. This tree can be seen as I approach the Suter Art Gallery from the back; straight ahead is Queens Gardens, and the small brick structure is where the Mangatapu Murder-accused were jailed.

Half Bold

It's already October, is it? I've been gone on two trips to Japan this year, first because my dad was sick and then because he died, so I've been in Nelson for only two and a half months all year.

Yesterday I walked around town for the first time in months, and among other things, noticed this small hill behind the central business district. Because it was rainy and cloudy all day, it doesn't look so bad in the picture, but the red hillside looked stark and alarming in real life,

Vegetable Stand

at Nelson Saturday Market

Sunny

At Nelson Saturday Market

Not A Police Car.

At Nelson Saturday Market.

Spring

S T A R !

Lonly Bird

Hardy Steet (Noon)

Square

Made in NZ Gift Shop

Renovation? Relocate? Gone?

Engineering Block - NMIT

Construction site of new engineering block at Hardy Street for NMIT. 

Wakatu Sports Bar

Last time I took a photo of Wakatu Hotel, it might be a different colour?  Well this is now.

Temporary ATM

This is the Temporary ATM while this bank's main premises is under renovation.  So fat I have strike two as every time I try it it is also temporary out of order...   Back in few weeks...

Closed for structural assessment

This is today, local POSTSHOP at hardy street was closed for structural assessment.    I was there in the morning to collect post from my box and was told that "no one is allowed to enter the building until assessment has been done".

May be tomorrow...