Both Te Matatini and Womad had the same paper cups and not your boring old plain ones either. Fully recyclable, beautifully decorated and multi purpose.
Definitely says something about my festival diet that two of these are ice cream and the other is coffee.
For the last few months I’ve been watching a pile of sand slowly change shape. It’s part of an exhibition at work and is designed to shift over its time in the gallery. I thought I’d taken a picture of it on opening day, if I did I can’t find it but this is what it looked like yesterday.
Epic pretty much sums up the last few weeks. Te Matatini was followed by Womad, another fantastic weekend of friends, food and brilliant music. When I got home I realised that, between those two events, my love of a good T-shirt might have also become a bit epic.
In my defence a good number of those on the right are to be gifted. Holding on to the fact that I’m supporting local businesses and artists.
After a month or more of hot sunny weather it’s feeling a bit autumnal. On Wednesday the weather app wasn’t helping - 13 feels like 3.
I’ve spent the week at Te Matatini in New Plymouth. It’s the biannual Kapa Haka festival/competition and this year it’s the biggest ever, 55 teams competing for 12 places in the finals. It’s been epic and today, the last day, is shaping up to be the same. We got here super early by our standards and joined the queue.
It’s been a week of appointments and lots of just the usual but it’s a calm space before next week which will be full on, in a good way. I’m gearing up for a trip to Taranaki for Te Matatini, the biannual kapa haka competition/festival and can’t wait. It’s going to be massive!
The Petone Fair was on yesterday and while I did my best to support local traders and makers it was a smaller haul this year. Still super happy and it was a glorious day.
