Ōtautahi / Christchurch Daily Photo

This large chess set is on Colombo Street in Sydenham. It’s a Gap Filler project in conjunction with some students from the University of Canterbury.

Spotted on Tuam Street – a couple of phones pinned to the fence. I wonder if this is the start of something? Like the shoe fences I’ve seen in different places. Now that would be different – a phone fence. I think I might have a phone or two that…

I went along to tonight’s performance of Wind in the Willows in the Botanic Gardens. What a great location for this much-loved story.

We took the back way over the hills to Sumner today and stopped at Evans Pass to have a look at the view. The road down into Lyttelton is still closed, but you can drive to Sumner now. They really do not want you going on this road. Quite frankly,…

How could we ever forget? The tragedy of so much loss of life. The incredible acts of bravery and heroism. And so we gather to remember. And with remembering comes the sadness and the grief for those who have lost too much. Regardless of how much you have been affected…

The leaves are turning, Autumn is on its way. Snapped near Oxford Terrace (other side of the Avon River).

These chairs are by the Avon River near Gloucester Street (just by the bridge). I expect they’ve been put there by rebuild workers in the city for their lunch break. It’s certainly a lovely spot.

How clever is this? It’s the building reflection painted onto the wall. I couldn’t find a great spot to photograph it to get the reflection completely to my satisfaction, I probably would have had to stand in the middle of the road 🙂 It’s on Gloucester Street near Oxford Terrace.

Tonight we had the most wonderful dinner at Flames Italian Restaurant on Soleares Avenue in Mt Pleasant. I’d never had the pleasure of dinning there before – despite having lived in Mt Pleasant for several years. So we thought it was high time we had a meal there and jumped…