The other morning just after the crack of dawn, there was this beautiful rainbow painted in the sky. Of course, by the time we had the camera in hand and actually took the shots, the rainbow was no longer at it's finest, but we thought you might like to see it anyway!
The picture below right is of the river running beside Huntly - a little town which doesn't appear to be famous for anything in particular!
The purchase at the sheepskin shop - not too expensive even without a discount!
The lady in the shop referred to this hat as a 'cheesecutter' - we didn't want to argue, but 'cheesecutter'?
We wondered if this contraption was specially made for this advertisement, or whether someone had it cluttering up the 'section' and the wife said, " do something about that thing in my back garden, or I will" so here it stands in all it's glory - and where on earth did those wheels originally come from?
We took a little trip to Huntly - a small town not very far from Hamilton, just to see if there was anything to see! The little village is very like the pretty one Morrinsville, only a lot poorer - clearly there are towns that are less well off. Just outside the town, beside the main road into Huntly we saw this advertisement on wheels for sheep skin goods - having watched the whole Ugg Boot saga on Television (another blog, another day) we were interested to see what this shop has on offer. Plenty of boots - none of them genuine Ugg labels, and slippers of every colour, size and material you can imagine. A whole shelf of honestly hand knitted jerseys - sweaters, cardigans, pullovers - all teeming with cables and fancy stitches and hours and hours of work in each one. For men and women and mostly in practical grey, cream, charcoal, 'denim blue' or black - all at prices which make you cringe, except when you realise that they are all hand knitted, then they are hardly providing a living for the hands that made them. We were curious as to whether the wizened old lady behind the counter was actually the creator of these items, but somehow didn't have the courage to ask her after we saw the sign taped to the countertop - we didn't dare ask for a discount! We tried on many hats - all genuine 'skin' of some variety or another, generally sheepskin - and eventually settled on the one shown in the photo above for when the bike helmet comes off and you need something special to round off the outfit!
We wandered around the back of the little town, behind the row of shops on the main street and found this lovely view of the river and the bridge which gets you back onto the road to Hamilton. It was a shame, we thought that there were no little bistros or coffee shops set up beside the river - all just the back of the shops and their service entrances - could be quite a pleasant way to spend an hour or two being peaceful and lazy with a really good cup of coffee.
Dis al!
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