Sunday, April 10, 2011

Some highlights from Palmerston North

Apart from the motorbike races, there was the guy …


… who sells freshly roasted …


… chestnuts at a street stall in George st:


On Sunday mornings he's at the Farmers' Market just around the corner in Coleman Place, where there is also a gorgeous French patisserie/chocolaterie where you can get a set menu petit déjeuner of half a baguette with butter and jam, a croissant, a pain au chocolat, a freshly squeezed orange juice, and a coffee of your choice for $14. Magic on a hangover.

Back at the farm where I was staying, this peacock spent most of his time tromping over the roof of the house …


… he sounded as though he was wearing hobnailed boots.

Various other birds and animals seem to get on well together …


… the cat is called Manx. He isn't one, but he was born minus a tail.


Here is Goosey:


And this is the typical storybook chook family:


There are also quails, lovebirds, parakeets, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a gorgeous budgie that kept biting me, dogs, more cats, and miscellaneous other livestock, all of which are pets. When I used to live there 30-odd years ago we had two cats, a dog, and a cockatoo and that was it. Apart from the farm livestock that is - a pig, some horses and a few sheep.

4 comments:

  1. Enjoyed this post, thanks for sharing.

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  2. Enjoyed this post, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Bronwyn,
    where are you?? Missing your posts!!

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  4. I'm still alive, just not been doing a lot of cooking.

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