What colour is the breeze?

Rainbow coloured as it turns out.  This installation has gone up, as part of the Arts Festival, in a vacant lot/car park just over the road from work.  It's wonderful; 1001 bamboo wind chimes hung by coloured ribbons and it makes a lovely sound when the wind picks up which, being Taranaki, is often.

A weekend in Wellington

Last weekend my friend Deb and I spent 3 days in Wellington.  The main reason for going was Beervana, a craft beer festival we had heard about when she was visiting last year.  It was fantastic, especially the beer and cheese workshop and particularly a beer-soaked stinky blue - totally fabulous.  We also did some sightseeing, a lot of shopping and an equal amount of eating including dumplings and bomboloni (not together).

Beer, well the remains of and tokens for purchasing more of.

Bomboloni - note virtuous presence of 2 forks

Dumplings!