We are sad about Nicola's Cantina, Church Street, not being open for lunches this side of the lockdowns. It used to be a favorite not just between Meg and me, but among our circle of friends. Although the situation is not as sad as some eateries, which have sadly closed. I'm sure you all have such places in your town.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
What a Deal!!
One of the bars near Four Spirits Corner, Bridge Street. (On Four Spirits Corner, on Bridge and Collingwood Streets, I was told there used to be three bars and a church, but the Internet tells me something else.)
Monday, April 22, 2024
Traffic Cone Tree
The building behind is Jens Hansen, who made the rings for LOTR films. There were seven in all, from memory, in different sizes; the lettering on the rings were CG though. Selwyn Place West.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
There was Never Fancy Map/Signs When I Worked Here
When I worked there, 1997-2000, it was called Nelson Polytechnic, which became Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. Since March it's been Te Pukenga, which is the name for a whole group of former polytechnics around the country; no doubt they will change it again to include some kind of regional marker. I hope. The main building is on Hardy Street.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Aliens in Nelson
It's the shadow cast by the Kinetic Sculpture, but it's kinetic, and there was wind, so the Aliens kept dancing, ignoring me. Rutherford Park.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Maitai River
We've had a settled, beautiful autumn. From the footbridge connecting Rutherford and Trafalgar Parks.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Why did Ben and Meg Cross State Highway 6?
These palm trees stand at the entrance of town. You turn left on State Highway 6 if you're coming from east, say Picton or Blenheim, and go behind these trees.
We came out of the carpark on Kinzett Terrace, though that hole in the trees, and crossed a State Highway on foot, where we're supposed to cross, for the first time in our 29.5 years in New Zealand, instead of walking a short way to a tunnel. Luckily, around 2.30 on a Sunday, there were few cars.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Dance to the Music of Time
This is the face more or less on the town side.
This is the face facing the sea I saw for the first time on Sunday. By the carpark on Kinzett Terrace, the sea side of the roundabout to come into town on State Highway 6.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
The Sky Last Sunday
City Council Clock Tower, Grampians, Clouds, Sky, seen from Rutherford Park. Sorry it's blurry, but we had a heck of a sky last Sunday.
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