i was only saying last week that the glove season in New Zealand is a lot shorter than it used to be in the britain. The season (in auckland) usually last for about a week towards the end of July. But here’s an early spot, half down a drain. flushed out by the recent rains i imagine
it’s getting cold and the gloves are coming out. great
the top one is clearly a glove but the second two below … well you’ll just have to take my word for it
here’s a bit of a story for you. i’ve haven’t really posted much life stuff on this blog as i’ve been doing that elsewhere.
however, i thought you might find this interesting.
yesterday in between (and during) rain showers we walked on a new bit of motorway in central auckland
it was open for 4 hours only as a celebration of all that is great about motorways and engineering and being a kiwi.
this giant blue crane was the magic behind constructing the new motorway bridge
and next weekend it’ll be shut to traffic so they can do the final switcheroo
so for one day only you could walk along and enjoy the view and inginuity
in the rain
beside the view over the sides there were plenty of bollards to admire
and you could look down at all the spare bits of bridge they had left over (that always used to happen with airfix kids didn’t it)
there’s the motorway going up the hill in the distance just to prove it is all connected.
to be honest, it didn’t look particularly solid from underneath. but i did an electronics degree, so what do i know.
there were hundreds of peoples taking their sunday afternoon stroll on the road
and it really felt like a lovely community thing. they even put some diggers out for kids to climb in and pretend to drive (there were no keys in them)
and i was delighted to see some gloves near this roller
there they are look. i don’t think they were workmen’s ones. unless workmen wear blue woollen gloves.
i loved it despite the rain. it’s great to celebrate big feats of engineering and this was done in a lovely community way. we even got postcards to show we’d been there.
great stuff.
the have gloves here but they aren’t as good as the ones in blighty
note the bare feet rather than the work shoes of london-based glove spotting
i know what you are thinking, there’s not been too many gloves on the blog of late. there are a few about, but it’s mostly shoes and jandals on the streets. london has its gloves. auckland has it jandals
nope, i’ve absolutely no idea either.
i’ve spotted a few gloves in the last couple of days. that’s good news isn’t it
it’s a pile of funkypancake faves just outside my office
these are mannequin hands on the floor next to the mannequin who owns them. fingerless gloves for the handless man.
and the great news is … there are lost gloves in new zealand too !
