Christmas Eve, 2018

We may have a thunderstorm this afternoon.

Happy Holiday Season

Pohutokawa - New Zealand's Native Christmas Tree

Coffee Stand

Sublime coffee stand at Nelson Airport.   - They serve a great espresso!

Cloud

Thing summer cloud is forming.

Hydrangea

Free .. Pizza

Nice !?

They serve really nice Pizza. 

Viola - Family

Carpet

After rain...

Nelson Saturday Market

Couple of weeks ago actually... 

Bike stand

It's an art piece or functional bike stand?

@ Mapua

Cherry Bloosom

Symbol of Spring... 

Book Exchange - Stand

Coffee Cart

At Nelson Saturday Market.  

Daffodil Day NZ (31st August)

Over The Rainbow

Perfect arch ... 


from last evening.

Apoca-lips

A couple of years ago, Ming sent us a delicious red chili jelly. As I neared the end of the tiny jar, I tried to recreate it, which ended a disaster as jelly, but it had become an indispensable chili sauce at Chez Nakagawa. As we near the end of that concoction, how do I recreate something that was supposed to be something else? I tried to remember what I used in the ingredients, but Ben had a bumper year of chili last year, (the only thing we grew amidst a field of weeds,) so I got a tad too eager.

It turned in to half a dozen jars of concoction with four varieties of chili that may require a pipette to apply. We may have to bequeath some to a couple of unsuspecting Nelson youth.

Bacon Station

@ Nelson Saturday Market

Coffee Cart

Light Nelson 2018

Light Nelson 2018

Part 1 : Light projection on wall. Shadow is the people in between light and wall.  This would have been fun to watch kids prance and do funny things but we were too late for that. But Big Kids made up for that.

Wednesday Morning in our Mountain Cabin

It's not a great pic but this is what I got. We've been having a cold spell I love, and some mornings a little bit of mist. Yesterday morning it was spectacular, we couldn't see anything except our neighbor's roof and hills glistening in the sun way over there, (i.e. much better than this,) it felt as if we woke up in a secluded mountain cabin. I grabbed my tinycam and shot a few, with no time to check white balance and other stuff I usually check. The mist was moving fast and seven shots later we were back to another, regular Nelson morning. It was wonderful while it lasted, though. 

Rainy Day

Rainy Day...

Granny Smith left on our tree for gift to bards for enjoy

Washed in nature's shower

...

Rainy day, somewhat lazy afternoon...    

Foggy Morning

 

Althoth, it is a bit clearing away from earlier...

Coffee Break

Camomile Latte and Long Black at Pomeroy's in CBD.

Another Japanese Couple in Town

 

We saw these scary-looking marionettes in an antique store on Hardy Street. There were no description or explanation on them, and we didn't seek any. $55 each; the lady in a better shape than the man.

Last Light - Ripple

Tahunanui Beach at evening

Morning

Santa's Fly Over

Almost-Mid-Year checking of who is naughty or nice?

Free Ride

Wednesday felt like summer again.

Whatever/Whoever

Loo door, Cafe Roma, Church Street.

Nicola's Cantina

Our favorite lunch/dinner place.   See them there and facebook page.

Yellow on Red

NZAVS

https://www.facebook.com/NZAVS/

Saturday at Trafalgar Street

Snow Cap

Snow cap is on. It was couple of days ago in the morning.  We have fire-place going from that evening.   Althoth this is not the first time I see in this year.

Winter is here!

 

Autumn

Spread of colour is starting in town.

Fire in the sky

Yesterday evening, shot from window...

Morning ... Moon Light

Common Sparrow

on a power line outside my window near the fig tree.

New Building - CBD

Street Food

Coffee Shop

Walkway

Mitai River Walkway

River

Maitai River

Tree Decoration

Found in CBD...

Last Days of Summer

Shot on the same day as Ben's two posts, at lunch time Friday Feb 2, which was for many kids the last day of the summer holiday. There were bleachers on both sides and lots standing around, so a great turnout for a small town.

Re-Cycling

Shops in Nelson change/morph so often and so rapidly last few ears I don't know what this place is going to be and don't recall what it was just before, or at one time. It's between the music shop and Molly's, which used to be a fab cafe and then a groovy takeaway, last century. It's on Bridge, near Four Spirits Corner, where there used to be, I understand, a church and three pubs. The corner has had a bed shop, a supermarket, and two pubs as long as I can remember.

"Decorative Only"

Hospice Shop, Bridge Street. (See the yellow chair until this minute.)

My Dad was a Chem Prof

While I just drink the stuff Ben pours me. Bridge Street.