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About me: 55 years old, 3 adult children, love hibernating and hanging out with my cats and chickens on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, fan of rugby, old movies, historical books, blankets, nature walks, churches, old cemeteries and Autumn. Follow me on my travels around New Zealand.
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October 2026 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 On the flipside (Canada) some flowers continue to bloom although they droop. Enjoy.
Spring is really a time of beauty and joy and now you are able to see everything clearer on short…
The blossoms and stone wall are beautiful.
Wonderful Spring colours. Warmer days are on the way. Meanwhile up here it is raining and the fields are finally…
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Doors
Photo taken outside one of the closed shops in town this week, my reflection included. 6 days to go until we fly to Auckland from Nelson, … Continue reading
Posted in greymouth, weekend reflections, winter
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Coast FM
This is one of the West Coast’s radio stations building. It houses both Brian FM and Coast FM. I’ve never listened to the first one but I … Continue reading
Posted in brian fm, coast fm, greymouth, radio stations, skywatch friday, tom's signs, winter
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Pounamu
This is one of many big rocks around town, this one is at the local Greymouth Railway Station which brings in the Tranz Alpine train but t… Continue reading
Would you?
These posters are up on the windows of the old health shop in town, they show information about the yearly Wild Foods Festival which happe… Continue reading
Music
The NZ Army Pipe Band was in town last week conducting a music evening in the local Regent Theatre. One of the musicians popped into my wo… Continue reading
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In one of the main streets in town is this colourful building, it’s also where my dentist is. It was built in 1902 as a dental surgery by … Continue reading
Vinnie’s
This one of a few op shops around town – Vinnie’s named after St Vincent de Paul charity shops – many of these shops are around the countr… Continue reading
Posted in autumn, greymouth, op shops, weekend reflections, weekend roundup
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Work
The new town library is due to open in the next couple of weeks and workmen have been fixing the footpath area opposite outside one of the… Continue reading
Posted in autumn, greymouth, greymouth library, skywatch friday, tom's signs
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Colour
Nice to see some colour in the local gardening department of the Mitre 10 store – there seems to be lots of cyclamen around at the moment…. Continue reading
Posted in autumn, flowers, gardening, greymouth, happy tuesdays, mitre 10, tuesday treasures
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Under
I walked around one of the main streets in Greymouth last week and spotted this lady enjoying the morning sun from the back of one of the … Continue reading
Cherry blossoms are truly impressive