No! Not for clothes. No point in doing that. No point in shopping for clothes unless it is a new carhart jacket. When I get back to the farm it will be work clothes all the way – until January when I return to New Zealand for Senior Son’s wedding. So I am leaving my suitcase here. My ‘good’ clothes can sit here and wait. It will save me all the bother of dragging them back and forth across the world.
Gardening makes me hungry so I was shopping for food. Food in New Zealand is expensive. Meat is very expensive. New Zealand is not a cheap place to live. But the food is fresh, home grown and wonderful. So we just eat less of it. After another day in the wild garden (I kept my fingernails clean for all of 10 days) we went to a wonderful super-market in Wellington today. Moore Wilsons.
All is good – just as long as you stand above the Tsumani line!
Piles of vegetables and a little lamb.
I hope you are all having a great day.
Love your friend in New Zealand,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
34 responses to “Shopping in Wellington”
Lovely shot =)
Look at all those wonderful cheeses. I hate how limited my choices are here, after living in Melbourne with the Queen Victoria Market to shop in… I like making cheese, but can’t find a reliable supply of non-homogenised fresh milk. The tsunami line made me laugh, until it made me think seriously. We are a bit vulnerable here in the Pacific Basin….
I feel sure that with your expert fingers , some veggies and a bit o lamb will become a feast…In Bulgaria lamb is few and far between and you can never be certain that it really is lamb….I decided a few years ago to leave my clothes at my daughters ready for the next years visit but when I went back I did not like any of them so had to dispose of them, a year is a long time and tastes change as does fashion…. Have a lovely day Celi and love to the family
oh yes …and supermarket looked great….Tsunami line…is that where the water came too
And mint sauce? I miss NZ Lamb, we had it especially at Easter back home. With new potatoes and spring peas – ummmmm.
I’m with Kate, look at those wonderful cheeses! Some crusty bread, Branston Pickle and I would be in heaven. Ploughmans lunch.
I leave a lot at my Mum’s – mainly PJ’s, sweat shirts and stuff like that. As you say, beats dragging it half way round the world all the time. Plus my cases are usually full of things I can’t buy here (real Cadbury’s chocolate, English Mustard etc.)
The food looks beautiful and so fresh. The tsunani safe line is a little creepy, but good it’s there, I suppose. Very smart to leave your clothes…Funny, isn’t it, this business of leaving one home to go to another, where both are so deep and important and valid and part of who we are. Do you breath differently in New Zealand? I always find that I breath just slightly easier when I get home, and feel a few years younger. It’s a strange phenomenon. But mostly I love having that “twoness” inside me. It makes me feel more stable. Do you know what I mean?
I remember the “mist’ being sprayed over fresh veges, I was impressed! Nice to see a lot of the veges are not packed in Styrofoam trays and plastic wrap 🙂 I do hope the tsunami has read the book and keeps to the rules. Laura
I leave my clothes in Germany , it’s so much easier. Lamb and veggies, nice. Have a wonderful time and guten Appetit. 😃
Tsunami line? How does the Tsunami know to not cross that line? The market looks wonderful! So January here – will be full summer in New Zealand right? Nice time to depart from home 😉
The idea of a Tsunami line harks back to the English “beyond the Pale”…..neither have much effect if the people or the tsunami ignore it 🙂
I completely understand about the oddity of clean fingernails. Oh, I love the shot of the cheeses… for a while I lost my train of thought!
The food all looks yummy and yes, pricey! I wonder what the difference is between Molesworth honey and Manuka honey. Does the Manuka honey have a more queenly queen? Perhaps the Molesworth honey’s queen is a little bit homely therefore does not bring the high prices of the Manuka. hmmm All of those cheese wheels made my mouth water, wonderful! Enjoy! Now I’m hungry…must go make breakfast.
Manuka honey largely fetches a higher price for being a medicinal honey – not just to ingest but to put on wounds, burns etc . . . supposed to kill all the ‘new’ bugs for which no antibiotic will work also! Yep, have used it for years and happy to pay the higher price!!
Oh, you are having a good time! And it must be nice to know that, when you leave, it won’t be for long.
Beautiful photos…that Tsunami safe zone picture was quite the surprise though! So unexpected.
Leaving your city clothes there is a good idea. I don’t suppose the two sons could agree to have a double wedding! Maybe they would–but not the brides.
I heard of a guy taking all his rotten old clothes on vacation and then after each day’s wearing, he’d throw them away so when he got home, he had nothing to wash.