They speak my language

Recently my supermarket finished a major upgrade, everything is looking much slicker and there is now a cafe at the front and new trolleys that go where you point them.  However a couple of trips ago I noticed that despite all the corporate loveliness they have still managed to be a little quirky.  Look - chippies!

Christmas craft

It's been a little while since I posted, things have been busy but with nothing much to share.  But it's December and that means that the decorations are going up.  In our children's library we have a wonderful advent calender - themed this year to match our summer exhibition on Surf.  Various staff from across the organisation have put their creative hats on and decorated a board, 25 in all and here the are...

this one is mine...

 and here is Santa, arriving in Taranaki on Christmas day