Sunday, November 06, 2011

Hawke's Bay

My great-uncle died last week, so my sister Emily and I drove up with Mum to his funeral in Hawke's Bay yesterday.

We stayed in a motel in Hastings last night, then got up early today and headed to the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market, which is crazy busy and held in gorgeous grounds. I got a wedge of my faaavourite- cumin cheese.



Cloud factory?


We went to Napier this afternoon and visited Whales Tale Antiques, which I highly recommend for a browse. There's another large antiques store closer to the town centre, but this one was even better. So many nooks and crannies jam packed with beautiful things.


On the way home we stopped for lunch at the Paper Mulberry Cafe. I had the lamb pie which was insanely good.

We had to stop in Waipawa so I could take a picture of this awesome cuckoo clock front on The Clock Shop.

How was your weekend?

13 comments:

nova said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

A cuckoo clock building? How awesome! I think if I could I'd make my house look like a cuckoo clock, hahaha. Maybe not. Maybe our shed in the back.

k said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

aw, sorry to hear about your uncle, that is sad!!

Caitlin said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Sorry to hear about your great uncle! Pictures are gorgeous though!

hungryandfrozen said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Sorry to hear about your loss.
Paper Mulberry is amazing - have tried that very lamb pie and it made me sad this cafe isn't closer to Wellington!

Teddi said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

alice, it looks like you had a great time with your family. sorry about your great- uncle.

Anonymous said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

So sorry for your loss my love. Looks like you had a nice time on the way thought - the image of the antique shop is beautiful :)
L x

FASHION TALES said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

My condolences...
The antique shop looks amazing, looks like this excursion put a smile on your face though. :-)

Lauren said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

That antiques shop is amazing. A bit too far for me to travel to though, unfortunately!

Sam said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

sorry to hear about your uncle :(

the cloud factory photo is beautiful! i really love it!

Sam said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Oh and your mum has branch antlers! that made me chuckle!

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