Photos that ......

......took my breath away. Date palms, Ein Gedi

...make me think, who was the last person to use this tractor? Upper Moutere, NZ

.. make me dream. A genuine "doer upper". Central Otago

....make me wonder. Why were the teapots chained together? Were they convicted of something,  or were they slaves? Central Otago

...make me smile. Our kitten sleeping whilst my husband reads a book. Home, NZ

 

.....make me proud. I crawled over stones for this shot. Oamaru, NZ

......make me hungry...Cafe La Cloche, Wellington
Thanks to Olga at "I love Tel Aviv" I am taking part in HostelBookers 7 Super Shots

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Our new favourite coffee hangout "Fidel's" on Cuba Street Wellington. I will post more photos another time, suffice to say, it has the best atmosphere of any coffee shop in the city. The Window shot is looking out from the cafe to the "under a tin roof and open to the fierce southerly wind" part of the cafe -look closely and you will see the red coffee machine and a stack of coffee cups.

Launching Caravanserai

Dear Friends, regular readers of Sparrow Chatter,"lurkers" and drifters,
Finally, I can tell you about my new blog (this one isn't going away), which will be a shop window for some products I am selling from Central Asia and beyond.
The blog is www.janescaravanserai.blogspot.com. I have always loved things which get the creative juices flowing, so am dabbling with some lovely haberdashery items to start with, and who knows where the journey will take me. I want to source interesting items from along the old caravan routes. May I invite you to "drop by" when you have a moment, and I would be delighted if you could pass the link to your friends.
At the moment, I can only sell within NZ, not being set up for international financial transactions (and I also have a day job, so for the moment the business is bijou). But don't let that stop you browsing, and if you would like to drop me a note at caravan@swissmail.org, I would be delighted to hear from you.

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Cuba Street, Wellington.
I suspect this building will eventually have to be demolished, as post-Christchurch earthquakes, all public buildings are being checked for strengthening. It is unlikely this one will be reinforced.

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Kirkcaldie and Stains shop, Lambton Quay, Wellington

The Mystery of....."

BBC two parter "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". 3 minutes before the denouement, "Chirp, Chirp, Chirrrrrp!" Very pleased ginger cat stares at us. "Chirp Chirp Chirp" Charles Dickens is put on pause until the cicada is evicted through dining room window. There is now a heap of sulking ginger grumpiness under our bed looking for her playmate.

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Taken in the town of Taihape (pron. tiehappy), New Zealand. The town is famous for gumboots (Wellington boots).