Season’s Greetings - Pōhutukawa

 Happy holiday season from Nelson New Zeeland.

Again, this is the nature's Christmas tree "Pōhutukawa" flower.  Now, it's nearly full in broom.

Rainy Sunday

 

looking at the shore of "Rabbit Island"

Snow Cap

 Taken 10/Aug/2021

Monring and Fog

 

One from this morning.

Nelson Summer Shakespeare at Fairfield House

Most years since we've come to Nelson, there was a local Shakespeare production every summer, often outdoors, involving many high school kids and other young folks. In recent times the focus switched to professionalism, with smaller cast, but this year's Comedy of Errors went back to the older style, just superbly choreographed and rather polished. It's always fun to spot actors we saw in previous productions as well.

Ben and I were the first ones to arrive on Saturday, and though I have no way of knowing for sure, there may have been between two to three hundred in the audience, enjoying a balmy summer's evening with picnic food and good company.