Wednesday dawned, and with my Pilates class cancelled, I needed to make new plans for the morning. My first thought was to go and find some more bees. The weather, however, was not the best for walking along the water front, being rather windy. If you want to get an idea of the prevailing wind in that part of town, look at the featured image at the top of the post of a tree in Waitangi Park. Anyway, I did spot some bees, starting with these three small ones at Tākini (the convention and exhibition centre. The first one of the three below on the left, and also a side view on the left below, comes from Arakura Primary School, the middle one created by Tim Christie and reimagines the bee as one of the All Blacks (which, in case you don’t know, is the New Zealand national rugby team), and the third one comes from Tōtara Park School.
The bee on the right in the middle picture below is Pollinating Pōneke created by Lizzie Pannell, symbolises the ‘city’s energy, diversity and the way innovation pollinates the city. This can be found just outside Te Papa. The final bee I spotted today on Courtney Place was Just-Tin BeeBot created by Christian Pearce from Wētā Workshop, a robotic bee who can fetch honey.
I also noticed this silver tear drop shape, KIMI/You are Here, a large artwork by Korean New Zealand artist, Seung Yul Oh situated in Waitangi Park. It beautifully reflects the surrounding area and is quite striking.
I was still a bit early to meet my friend for lunch, so popped into the delightful GoodFor and picked up a little paper bag of dried figs, a jar of hazelnut butter and these vegetable chips which tasted as wonderful as they look – kumara, green beans, and am not sure what else.
After lunch and a good gossip, I headed home, stopping at the library to pick up books, picking up something for dinner and finally buying a new cover for my phone. Reading, preparing lunch for the next day and pottering about occupied me for the rest of the afternoon before the evening calls of the kākā could be heard. Dinner over, (a stir fry with beef, broccoli, silver beet and asparagus) it was time for the next episode of Slow Horses.
How was your Wednesday?
Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog written by Barbara, who likes cats, summer and good food. Thistles and Kiwis can be found on Facebook and Instagram @thistlesandkiwis
