Odds n Sods

 

Fog in the valleys when I drove to Nelson early on Thursday.

A sawmiller in Richmond (near Nelson) has added value to his product by creating kitset cabins.

His photo not mine. I have decided to buy one and live in it until we get the house built. We were going to build a separate guesthouse eventually anyway - so plans change and I'm building the guesthouse first.

It was a serendipitous day. I stopped for coffee at the first cafe sign in Richmond (in order to call the bloke before turning up on site) and the cafe just happened to be in a business that sells bbqs and log burners. Only the day before the architect had asked what fireplace I wanted. And now I know...

That was easy.  I like showrooms. So much nicer, and easier for decision-making, than looking at pictures on a website. I've touched it; sized it up, imagined it in my lounge.

Enough house stuff... here are a few photos I've collected over the last 2 or 3 weeks and can't make into a blog post on their own.

seen in Tinwald Domain when dog walking - parked among the trees. The owner was intermittently reading and lovingly polishing the bonnet (hodd)

Met at the dog park.  Anyone who reads Angus's blog will recognize the doppelganger of 'Puppy'

Mid-Canterbury Sunrise over the old nursery shadehouse

The mess in the back of my van which is currently doing service as a toolshed

I stole this photo off tinternet - I noticed when I drove past the salt ponds at Grasmere (out of Blenheim) that they were an almost iridescent pink (see furthest away ponds). I couldn't stop to photograph them but then I didn't have the services of a drone anyway.

And just in case you need a cuteness shot here is a rainy day photograph of Fergus and The Killer Teddybear.