My plan for the day was to go to Abel Tasman National Park -- but when I woke up this morning it was raining -- so scrapped that plan -- and went back to sleep.
The skies started clearing late morning -- so I walked over to the Wednesday Farmers Market (just two blocks from my cottage) and picked up some more pears and cheese. Small market -- nice selection though (and they had live music). Stopped at La Gourmandise for lunch -- had a very nice galette (the savory kind).
After that I went for a drive in the countryside around Upper Moutere --- there are a lot of small boutique vineyards in that area -- stopped in at Neudorf Vineyards to taste some of their wines (and left with a bottle of their Viognier).
On the way back to Nelson, I decided to go to Rabbit Island again -- it has quickly become a favorite spot for me -- beautiful beach and very few people.
Weather: raining, cloudy, sunny, 56 - 72F
Miles Walked: 3.5
km Driven: 105
Book/s Read: Through the Evil Days: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming. This is the 8th book in a series --- first one that I've read. Very good mystery. Going to now read the series in order. (Clare is an Episcopalian priest who's been in the military / Russ is the Chief of Police in some mythical town in upstate NY)
Pic Notes:
The skies started clearing late morning -- so I walked over to the Wednesday Farmers Market (just two blocks from my cottage) and picked up some more pears and cheese. Small market -- nice selection though (and they had live music). Stopped at La Gourmandise for lunch -- had a very nice galette (the savory kind).
After that I went for a drive in the countryside around Upper Moutere --- there are a lot of small boutique vineyards in that area -- stopped in at Neudorf Vineyards to taste some of their wines (and left with a bottle of their Viognier).
On the way back to Nelson, I decided to go to Rabbit Island again -- it has quickly become a favorite spot for me -- beautiful beach and very few people.
Weather: raining, cloudy, sunny, 56 - 72F
Miles Walked: 3.5
km Driven: 105
Book/s Read: Through the Evil Days: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming. This is the 8th book in a series --- first one that I've read. Very good mystery. Going to now read the series in order. (Clare is an Episcopalian priest who's been in the military / Russ is the Chief of Police in some mythical town in upstate NY)
Pic Notes:
- Pic 3: the garden at my cottage
- Pic 5: cool shop in Upper Moutere -- jams & jellies & a little fabric shop
- Pic 15: the bird in this pic was stalking a black-backed gull (pics 16 & 17) --- seemed odd to me -- when I got back to the cottage -- looked the bird up -- found out that the brown bird is an adolescent black-backed gull -- now it all makes sense
- Pic 18: oystercatcher with its latest catch
- Pics 19 & 20: Nelson beach
- Pic 21 & 22: the view to the east of my cottage
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