Danger Money…

sure is a reason why its called that….

and shown as an extra line…

…on these folks weekly pay packet.

Hmmm…enjoying the peaceful tranquilly of it all…

…..but then what’s this? Well, …..soon it’ll be over and we’ll be back to this normal……

I too, cannot fathom those amongst that do not see the advantages of trade, especially that of the reciprocal variety. In the situation pictured above, Nelsonians get high quality 2nd hand cars ex Japan, cheaper than others in Aoteroa because they are delivered direct, and then we repay the favor…….while the ramp is down, Nelson loads the vessel up with MDF timber from one of the worlds most efficient forestry type factories, Nelson Pine Industries round the clock operation out at Richmond.

How can that not be a “win-win?”

Nelson is twice as good….

as many other places, heck even the rainbows think so?

Engrish is sometimes…

just plain downright humorous….

Hills are looking majestic this morning

don’t think it will be too long before they have a drop of white icing though?

Lest we forget…

The Orange people

were out and about last weekend…

the lengths some people will go, and at one of Nelsons busiest roundabouts?

Nelson on track to host a World Record….

…..well if this is what 2 years of work & toil can produce, I wonder what twice or three times that much time and toil can do.

The World Record is, currently as of 2011….apparently 1818.5lbs (824.85kg) but after just two years of effort, local Nelsonian John McKays vine feed vegetable is already at 616kgs.

This follows on from his first years effort as the local paper the “Nelson Mail” reports hence….

For the second year in a row Mr McKay has taken first prize in the Mapua Mega Pumpkin competition. Last year his whopper weighed in at 497 kilograms. On Saturday he eclipsed that with a monster of 616kg. He's still 105kg short of the New Zealand record, 721kg set on April 2 in Whangerei.

What does the future hold?

Well it seems its all in the family connections, because Johns daughter, Anika took out this years runner up spot with her own fabulous 384kg example of the Squash variety.

(VIDEO CREDIT – TV3 CAMPBELL LIVE)

Will any of these be “zombiefied” like happened in North America? I do hope not.

Very Calm day…

last week as this Car Carrier vessel approaches “The Cut” on her way to Port Nelson to discharge cars and load MDF.

Caught spying?

I think that’s what these guys were doing when they were snapped above NZ a while back?

In this NASA photo, you can see Tasman Bay and Nelson upper left, about a third of the photo width in.

Glenduan from afar…

the road in the foreground is Princes Drive, Britannia Heights,

and here in the far distance is “The Glen” (those houses starting to rise up the hill there centre of pic) with the haven showing in the lower half of the photo.

Our World famous “Boulder Bank” starts near the point where you see that hill meeting the sea in the distance.

More details on that here, and also over here….plus what Nelsonians do around near here.