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Jan 21, 2015

Del Shannon

Love this guy from the early 60's

A real legend. Check out the dancing. I did this stuff!! We all did.......

Jan 20, 2015

I may not be alone when I recall shops from when we were kids. The place you rushed off to when you were lucky to have a shilling more or less to blow on whatever you liked. I can still remember the smells of those shops. Remember the cold milk shakes in the fluted metal containers? The smell of liquorice and aniseed balls?

The Kandy Korner in Nelson is one of those shops from my young days that remains almost untouched for 60 years.

This is what it was like a couple of weeks back.

Guess who

Nelson. We Visit The Graves

Our usual pilgrimage to see family past.

Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother, Antonio & Filistea My Mothers mums side.

Grandfather and his mother (Great Grandmother) my Mothers fathers side.

Aunty Nancy (Fathers sister) killed in a car crash in 1940. And Violet, my fathers mum (My Grandmother)

Jan 18, 2015

Dinner In A Bucket

Shellfish from the Matua mudflats at low tide. Awesome.

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Talk about economy of space and safety at sea!

Jan 17, 2015

Nelson Street Stuff

MUSIC THEME

The Doors....!

No Piano Man

EATING OUT

A great coffee place, nice people.

The size of the bill each night!

ART

Pipe sculpture with Nelson Post Office (looks like a prison) in the background.

Bike stand. Very well used.....

Jan 13, 2015

Horse & Selfie

So we are 400 meters up in the hills (sweating in the heat) and here is a horse paddock! One of the animals takes a liking to Robyn and I being there so I took a selfie then showed her (a female) the result and she eyed it closely.

Wonder if it registered.

Nice encounter.

Jan 4, 2015

Holidays & Cafe Burn Out

Its been a great holiday with weather like I remember as a kid.

But we never had cafe's or many shops for that matter back then so I am wondering what the hell we did when we we had done the outdoor thing and it was lunch time? Oh thats right, we had picnics complete with flies and sand. Make mine a double shot please.