On one of my walks to town and back, I stopped for a rest at the corner of Devon Street and Eliot Street, where there is a comfortable seat among garden plots and a few trees. This is what I could see looking up Eliot Street, with the Boys High Hill on the left, and the building that houses Jenko computers on the right.
Another day I walked in a different direction and passed the site of the planned Gull Service Station which will bring cheaper petrol to New Plymouth.
Last Friday week our sketching group of U3A met for the new year's work at East End Beach, where we had morning tea and a discussion and some sketching at Paris Plage.
Here is my first sketch, from which you can see that they have made an effort to bring a hint of Montmartre with the bright yellow umbrellas.
The cafe itself is in a couple of old containers, and the almond croissants are to die for.
The proprietors have provided lots of toys for the children, plenty of seats of a variety of styles, occasional live entertainment. There weren't many people there as you can see above, but later it filled up more.
In the weekends they serve pizza in the evenings. As you can imagine in the good weather we've been having for the last six weeks or so the place has been very popular.
Tomorrow we have another get-together at the same place, but I'll find a different subject this time.
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