Associations - Colour - 2

Autumn

A Blush of Red

April 2010. Ajr

Fruit Bowl

An Apple a Day Or Something. It's pretty picture day again. Because I'm closing in on guide deadlines. And haven't got time to blog about interesting things. One month and counting.

Pink Bananas!

Matakana, Northland. April 2009 Ajr

You can't really complain about winter when you live in a climate where bananas are appearing on trees in late April can you? I took this snap in the very trendy Matakana shopping area. The pink bananas appealed to me far more than any of the expensive boutique stores that look like they've been transplanted from Parnell!

Aussie Treats

Flowers and Fruit, Woodend, Victoria, Australia. Nov. 2008. Ajr

One of the loveliest things to do any foreign country, is scouring the local shops and markets and comparing goods and prices. Australia is not exactly foreign to we New Zealanders of course, but there are subtle differences in our stores and products; and when I come here, I invariably start at the fruit shops so I can indulge in all those delicious tropical fruits that are always much more expensive in New Zealand. Last year when I was here in Woodend, I bought two gigantic mangoes (my favourite fruit) and took them home for a feast. I scoffed one in record time and then decided to go for a walk. I forgot about the boisterous new family Pup - Cyclone Flint is his name...very appropriate it turns out. When I came home from my walk, I found him sitting on the carpet surrounded by a huge yellow stain, one chewed up mango pip and a very proud look on his face. He'd jumped up onto the kitchen bench and helped himself. It took me some time to forgive him!

An Apple a Day

Autumn Crab Apples. May 2008. Ajr.
I stopped in at Under the Red Verandah for coffee on Sunday. This is a terrific café in an old two-storied house near Linwood. They have a fabulous crab apple tree in the garden and they’ve used the rosy little fruits as decorative elements inside. I couldn’t go passed this crab apple window display without taking a quick photograph. www.utrv.co.nz