Just love the local perspective

being …not only appreciated…in fact “highlighted” at the local supermarket.

Constantly surprised at the amount of money…

people spend on car number plates…

Winter says…

…not so soon Nelsonians…

…I’ve still got some huff left yet.

So thats how its pronounced….

Just a giant beetle…

on the wall of a local business.

Cold, Wet, Windy…but training pays off…

…even if these girls have to get up early on a Sunday morning to do it.

Not to be left out, the boys were out there this am too,

Even a pilot can…

…sometimes get out of his depth…or was that “up out of his depth?”

Even behind light cloud cover…

its amazing the detail you can get with a standard digital camera nowadays.

Completing Sea Trials…

….but sure she’ll be on the way

to her new owners and tropical destination soon.

Local boat name…

Through the mist…

I present …...to you Nelsons tallest building “The Hotel Rutherford”….well, actually its not really just mist….its a few masts that occupy Australasia's largest fishing port per se…Port Nelson I mean.

Truck in the river?

…alas it was all planned that way.

As a photographer from the 80’s…

who treasured his Pentax ME Super (now that’s showing an age?) with the 300mm lens (big kit then)…

…can I say here…

…I’m stunned at the optical zooms on modern bridge DSC’s.

Couldn’t get to sleep last night…

why not print one of these photos out, and instead of “counting sheep”…

…try to count road cones. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many in such a short distance before locally.

Americas Cup challenger finals are…

…here soon, starting in San Francisco this weekend…

…here’s a local and inexpensive way….

….for your budding future helmsman to start.

Its that time of year again…

….Pollen time.

And many locals will feel its effect soon,

….if they haven’t already.

Sometimes …. even I have to stop…

….and say…wow that’s just plain “cool.” (even if its on your drive-time home in the evening.)

Hey…maybe just for once….

I might have been on the money …..

…..last week when I hinted about this?

Probably one of the strangest ever notices…

…that I have seen on a local vehicle parked in Stoke?

First HAA spotted in the wild…

..appears new NZ number plates now don’t start with “G” any longer.

Lots of these base themselves…

…here at Port Nelson. Small ones…

…as well as larger ones.

I give to you, today…

perhaps one of Nelson most photographed scenes

certainly featuring already on dozens of local paintings, drawings, pics & photos.

They say Beauty is in the eye…

of the beholder….

…yup…never a better term contrived I say. Yes, agreed she’ll need some work…but I’m pretty sure she’ll come up trumps!

The Ferry does look…

… a tad outpaced here in “size” terms.

Well … “Hello there…”

 

…having a nice Sunday morning nap I see…

…ooophs …. rather be out here….

… when you humans are around.

Even in the cool of a ….

 

…local winters evening….

…others are out there taking photos too.