spirulina
i love this stuff. despite (or because?) of the algae
kiwi graffiti
it’s great to see some decent kiwi political graffiti in auckland (quite near my office)
a classic kiwi newspaper headline
one thing we miss is good newspapers.
modest marketing
probably the best brunch in the bays. a little less self confident (and more local) than the carlsberg equivalent
nice shoes
great sign. the shoes were added on. nice job.
bollards
bollards for sale in the local hardware shop. hoorah.
things we missed
this is something we missed from our crate before it arrived – it’s our cheese slicer. we were delighted to be finally reunited
dog dispenser
a dog dispenser to help clean up dog dispenses
work (and bollard) end
it’s the end of the road for the bollards
protect the planet
our packers had packed our globe nicely between four cushions.
i wonder whether the packer felt really pleased with his efforts on this. i know i would if that was my job.
and what we’ve ended up with is an over-protected world.
christmas in new zealand
I have to say it’s very weird having christmas in new zealand
not only do they have a masked santa (he’s been unmasked now) but it seems the world doesn’t really stop to celebrate
unless you celebrate with a KFC turkey basket ?
the container arrives
woohoo. our container with all our stuff arrived from the UK last wednesday (when i was away for a night in Wellington)
i’ve finally got my desktop PC back.
and unpacking is a major task. and really noisy with all that paper rustling.
i still find it completely amazing that this metal box wobbled all the way across the oceans to get here. but now it’s here, and so are we. guess we’re serious about staying then !
funky letter boxes
there are so many funky letter boxes in new zealand i’ve started a new category for them. here are a couple we saw yesterday. sure beats a flap in your front door (even if ours has a cockroach living in it).
