King

Christmas shopping advert is starting everywhere ...

Crossing...

Trafalgar Square, Nelson CBD

Mask

A trace of masked parade whcih is synonymous of summer!

Executive Meeting

There is a no limit for imagination...

Blue chocolate skies...

Found this while walking along and I quite liked it.

Don't Cry, Babies

I heard these guys before I saw them, by the barber shop on Bank Lane at the Mongomery Car Park end. They must have been waiting for their human while he got a haircut; every time the door opened they cried like it was the end of the world, poor things, but otherwise they looked alright.

Nelson Mail Again

I realize Ben posted a very similar shot just a fortnight ago, but I had to do mine. It's a sad day when the local newspaper will no longer be printed in town. It's not only the job loss, but certainly news will have to be filed earlier, or go on to the next day, and then what happens when transportation is hampered as in the fuel shortage similar to Auckland Airport recently, or road closure on State Highway 1 that happens all too often with heavy rain or earthquakes; that stretch is still not fixed since the Kaikoura quake last November 13. There should be considerations more important than just the bottom line, surely. Or will the paper eventually disappear altogether and will remain online only?

It's Sprung

This is the big magnolia tree by the Information Centre parking lot, on Halifax Street. The flowers are finished, but it's covered in the most cheerful yellow green leaves now.

Ladies Cuts

And the other side of the sign still said this.

I love Repairs

I know I've posted the former TOPZ premise, a tiny shop about 50 meters from the current location. They make fabulous clogs and sandals, as well as sell boots made in Dunedin. They are also one of the very few shops in Nelson that repair things.

On Friday I wanted the heels of one of my favorite pairs fixed, and dropped them off first thing in the morning and said I'd come pick them up before they close at 5. Naughty me, I was having so much fun talking to a girlfriend I arrive just as the owner was driving away, in that tiny yellow car, at around 5.07. He saw me and reopened the shop and let me get my shoes. And they were fixed for a mere $20.

So, cheers to local heroes. 

A Special Morning Tea

I think the bus drivers were in for a treat Friday morning.

Buskers

I found these large, (lifesize?) photos of buskers in Bank Lane. It's a photographic project to coincide with the Arts Festival, apparently.

There were so many great photos, so I shot the ones I could without getting in anyone's way yesterday morning. 

Nelson Mail Building

"end of Nelson Mail printing team" ( July 30 2017)

Clear day

Blue sky, little breeze and warm weather...

Extra shot of the day!

 It's a spring after all.