A close shave

This giant palm was being towed down Arnold St from the very top which is extremely steep when the trailer with 4WD attached took off, travelled about 60 metres before jack-knifing into our neighbours property. Thankfully the out-of-control threesome didn't hit anybody or anything. The tree owner said they were hoping to transplant it somewhere else and had been removed as it was in the middle of a new house site. As it was lifted off this morning by a truck with crane, I sent my best wishes to the tree hoping it will survive its very close shave.

Oriental screen

This screen was bought a year ago from a wonderful second-hand shop in Hazelbrook, Blue Mts for a song. It was described as a 'Japanese Nouveau screen' which I didn't quite understand. The images are of the hare, crab, quail and tortoise but I haven't been able to exactly decypher the script. It doesn't look like either Japanese or Chinese. More sleuthing is underway. The reason it didn't come home with us a year ago was because I couldn't bear the thought of facing customs officials at midnight so it has, at long last, come to Dunedin.