Nelson Daily Photo

Not Joe and Jill??

2026-10-23T12:00:00.000+13:00

Ben's into flowers with multiple colors this season; this is one we got in late-September. I wasn't sure about the colors, (I tend to like one hue/value,) but I liked the name. It turns out Bidens is a genus of plants!

Snowman Kumura

2026-10-22T12:00:00.000+13:00

Connings Pop Up, Archilles Avenue

Yuzu

2026-10-21T12:00:00.000+13:00

We like the idea of having yuzu, but wonder how long before they fruit. Most probably in their first year? But there is that old Japanese saying, "Three years for peaches and chestnuts, eight for persimmons. The Big Fool yuzu needs 18 years."

We came home without it this time.
Mitre10 Mega Nelson.

Ben's Victory Lap

2026-10-20T12:00:00.000+13:00

Although we got promptly refunded for the unneeded garden stakes, we spent the money on one more plant, a purple/pink Gazania, a plant new to us.
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Parking Neighbour the Next Day

2026-10-19T12:00:00.000+13:00

Back at the Garden Centre the next day, we parked next to this manly car, because we had to return some garden stakes. We solved a problem Ben's way instead of mine, which turned out to be, ahem, a better way, and we didn't need the stakes.

Blinded

2026-10-18T12:00:00.000+13:00

Well, poke me in the eye, why don't you! I bet some of these are the same-stuff-in-different-wrappers. I usually stick to the least specialized, but this week I wanted the tomato fertiliserl juice because many flowers respond well besides toms.

The powder/granule fertilizers have their own aisles.
Mitre10 Mega Nelson.

Revenge of the Occasional Gardener

2026-10-17T12:00:00.000+13:00

This is what happens when blackbirds dig up oh-so-many seedlings I planted, in spite of strategically positioned obstacles. Some of these have been dug up since, and then covered, and dug up, and.. it's never ending!
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Parking Neighbour

2026-10-16T12:00:00.000+13:00

The cutest, quietest parking neighbour.

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Stuff of Nightmere

2026-10-15T12:00:00.000+13:00

This is the best pic of around a dozen I tried; the sun was so strong I couldn't get rid of the reflection of the street, but this is an enormous soft/stuffed toy of a... spider! Seriously, would you consider giving this to a child? Or even an adult you like??
PaperPlus, Queen Street, Richmond.

We're Good, but Thanks.

2026-10-14T12:00:00.000+13:00

Nice sign.
Queen Street, Richmond.

Slippery

2026-10-13T12:00:00.000+13:00

It took me a while. A lady laughed with me when she saw I slowly/finally got it.
Richmond Mall.

Fringe/Bangs

2026-10-12T12:00:00.000+13:00

At a hair dresser's, Queen Street, Richmond.

Richmond Decoration

2026-10-11T12:00:00.000+13:00

Some lovely and inexpensive decoration on/around the footpath in Richmond. I wish we had many more of these all over.

Queen Street, Richmond

2026-10-10T12:00:00.000+13:00

Richmond is 20 minutes down the road, and we used to go to the kitchen shop, the model train/dollhouse shop and the mall every so often, but the first two closed, and we've seldom been back the last 20? years.

We took the bus a fortnight ago because Ben wanted to go to a food court, which we don't have in Nelson. Richmond Hall is undergoing refurbishment and the food court is being redone right now, but we found many delightful, family-owned ethnic eateries up and down Queen Street. We settled on Iskandar at Sultans, where I fell in love with beetroot humus. And yes, we asked the chef his ingredients.

More Hospital Decal

2026-10-09T12:00:00.000+13:00

Hospital Eye Clinic has a new home; no longer a dark corner at the end of the hallway, but in a new building. But when one is given eyedrops to have the pupils enlarged, the waiting area in the old dark hallway feels like a much better option. Anyhoo... best bird decals of all hospital decal I've seen so far.

Nelson Hospital Eye Clinic

What Veg in Your Veg Patch?

2026-10-08T12:00:00.000+13:00

So cute; please make a bean one, or an orange tomato?
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Big Hot Pink

2026-10-07T12:00:00.000+13:00

We're not big fans of magnolias, but have seen several lovely ones with smaller flowers, whites, dark reds, and we just were talking about them, when, suddenly, this guy popped up! The biggest, gigantic-est hot pink!
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Not Passed Use-By Date

2026-10-06T12:00:00.000+13:00

I like the new name/sign - I can't remember what it used to be called, but I always thought of it as passed use-by date section. I'm a big fan of these sections; some hardly need reviving.

If you can find something you like, that is.
Mitre10 Mega Nelson.

Ah, Not Again.

2026-10-05T12:00:00.000+13:00

The garden center keeps showing us what fun stuff we could have if only we had a dog.
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Shhhhhhh....

2026-10-04T12:00:00.000+13:00

I read about these in supermarkets on social media, but we happened to be there a fortnight ago; there were no music or announcements during this hour as far as I could tell.
Woolworth Trafalgar Park.

Nelson Foundry

2026-10-03T12:00:00.000+13:00

We've been going to the same supermarket, though it's gone through several name changes, for nearly 30 years; for the first time I noticed this in the carpark. Nelson had a foundry until 2006.
Fresh Choice/Countdown/Woolworth Trafalgar Park. (I might be missing one more name.)

Cloud Wacth

2026-10-02T12:00:00.000+13:00

There have been some good sunsets this winter/spring. It helps Meg decided it was time we had some trees trimmed, because now I can see the sky, clouds, and sunsets. This was a fortnight ago.

Kererū

2026-10-01T12:00:00.000+13:00

We will have lived in this house for 30 years by next January. We only noticed one of these giants nearby this side of the pandemic, and then one flew over my head a couple of weeks ago. That time, I only heard and felt its presence, but wouldn't call it a "sighting". Then one Friday, this! (Or should I say, "these!")

Kererū | New Zealand pigeon | New Zealand Birds Online

Tempted, Again

2026-09-30T12:00:00.000+13:00

Friends in Las Vegas have cactus sculpture in their garden, and I was immediately dazzled by these. But metal in Nelson... Hummmm.... I don't know how long they will remain rust-free, and with the frequent gusts, I'm not sure how well they'll do at ours.

Cute, though, eh?

Mitre 10, Quarantine Road.

Even I Have Limits

2026-09-29T12:00:00.000+13:00

I love hellebores, (singles,) and am also a fan of the passed-used-by-date section of the garden store. But $10 to wait a whole year to see the the lovely whites? Maybe not this time. But if you're still there the next time...

Mitre 10, Quarantine Road.