Crazy ducks! They were quite high up in this tree by the Avon River near Barbadoes Street. They seemed quite happy up there and not too worried by me taking their photos. The one with the white head is the female. Guess the view up there was pretty good!
You can learn more about Paradise Ducks at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Shelduck
These green chairs are stacked outside of the cafe that is located inside the St Martin’s New World supermarket. It rained a lot today and has been raining for a couple of days now. Parts of Christchurch have flooded and if keeps raining this way I suspect more of Christchurch will flood. If that’s not enough for the citizens of Christchurch to deal with, the weather people are now forecasting a very large snow fall for later in the week. Some of the reports about the snow fall that are very specific – stating it will start around 4am Thursday morning. I’m half tempted to get up at 4am and check!
Wherever you are in Christchurch, keep warm and keep dry.
The Tannery is a new boutique shopping centre in Woolston. I’ve been quietly waiting to get a chance to see the inside of it and was pleased to find out that some shops have in fact opened (I’m not sure when). So I popped along there today with three girlfriends in tow to check it out. It was a miserable day here today – wet and cold, so a great excuse to go shopping.
Today was also a test of my new ‘second’ camera. I got myself a Samsung Wi-Fi camera as small backup camera to throw into the bag when I don’t want to take out the Sony. It was a dull day, so I’m not sure this is the best condition for it, but it certainly comes with quite a few bells and whistles including the ability to upload photos directly to Facebook from the camera.
Smith’s Bookshop – just try getting out of there without buying a book or something interesting like old postcards or photos or beautiful stationary, I sure didn’t! This shop has a way of drawing you in with it’s excellent selection of books.
The window to Toi Toi – a shop that can always be relied upon to have fabulous things you really, really want to own.
It will be great to see the shopping complex finished and everyone moved in.
A few of my favourite photos from my walk around the gardens today.
Blossom in flower – there’s always a few early ones.
Love the bright colour.
The gardens really are lovely any-time of the year. I must be one of their biggest fans 
A view of the Flour Power sculpture from inside. From a distance it looks like a sheaf of wheat. You can learn more about the meaning of the sculpture at the artist’s website – Regan Gentry.
