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Weaver's Gallery

Sue Bateup is that rare thing, a weaver who makes a living from the craft. Sue's also been studying, so her gallery has been often closed. I have been envious of the luxury of a financially viable weaving, though I still don't really comprehend how hard she's worked to build it up over the years.

A couple of months ago, I learned she's been sick and that's why the gallery hours have been cut. So, over the summer, I'm "manning" the gallery on Wednesdays, from late morning or early afternoon until dinner time. For all she's done to promote handweaving in Nelson and beyond, she deserves a break.

I'm supposed to be studying her colors and browsing through her many books, but the two Wednesdays I've been there, I pranced around the shop trying out her jackets and vests, (I'm studying the products, you see,) or else fringed furiously my own stuff at the back of the back room.

It's going to be a great summer because of this opportunity.

The gallery is a wee white house at 15B Ajax Ave, 10 giant steps away from the Visitor Information Centre along the river.

Sign

It's not saying you must jump off from your bike.

White Flame

This is a close up of "Peace Lily" in our living room. I think it's a quite popular indoor plant.

Colours

At the front of a souvenir shop.

No Exit

The "No Exit" sign to the river side. There is a walkway to enjoy.

Construction

This little bridge on the Maitai River has taken down and will be replaced with new one. At the front, there is a damaged art work. It's most unfortunate but I think it was the very strong wind we experienced. (Here is the previous shot.)

Fifeshire Rock

I was amazed by the cloud.

Green (Koru)

Well, I had to take this and post at least once and possibly many to follow. It's a kind of symbol of NZ in my opinion; a stylized version is used in the Air New Zealand logo.

Blue

Gee, Theme Day already? I post this not for a particular patriotic reason today; rather I was saving this for a post on Dominion Day, which in New Zealand goes largely unnoticed, after I've done some research, but it's so blue!

The New Zealand flag has four red with white rims starts to signify the Southern Cross; the Australian flag has six white starts. On the sports field, the New Zealand flag is black with a silver fern. There have been some discussions on changing the flag, in particular that of taking out the Union Jack, along with some talk of becoming a republic, but I suspect neither will happen in the next decade or so.

Today is theme day. Please click on the following links to see other "Blue" posts around the world.

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Beautiful Day at Stoke

Meg dropped her tax documents off at accountant this morning. While I'm waiting at car, I took this shot of the car park entrance at the Stoke Central. It's a beautiful day.

How DO They Do It??

It's getting warmer, and a nice cool beer sounds better than a glass of red at the end of the day. We don't go to bars and pubs much, (we're turning into oldies), but we do go to Ray's Hot Rock Gourmet Pizza Cafe and Bar from time to time, because we can walk there. Ben can have a beer, then we have ribs and pizza, and he finishes off the meal with caffè corretto (coffee with grappa). Sunday night, we were waiting around for a takeaway order, when Ben saw a bottle of Bookers (!!!!!) on the shelf, so I think that's the finisher-upper the next time we eat in.

The thing I don't get is, this beer tap has a coat of ice around it. It's beautifully and evenly coated every time we go. How do they do it? I love running my fingers up and down it as I wait; Ben doesn't think it's nice because I'm melting the ice.

Kids Don't Know Road Codes

These girls were lucky they were traveling with careful Mum and Dad, (the wee sister is in front of Dad), so no doubt they already knew a few things about what to expect from cars. But kids (even teenagers) don't walk/run/bike/skate preventively, and a few years ago, there was a very good TV commercial/public announcement to that effect.

Roadworks at the Tahunanui Beach roundabouts finished, and now instead of two roundabouts close to each other, we have a big intersection with traffic lights. This requires us to take a long way coming home when we go to our favorite pizza place, Hot Rock Cafe, on Tahunanui Drive, but the change probably suits the increase in the traffic coming in and out of Nelson to and from Richmond and beyond.

Contrail

It's a curtain made of contrail. Another view.

Car update, Saturday.