Out & About

The weather is beautiful, sunshine galore!

Baby and I strolled into town for his lunch (avocado), and  I purchased some curtain wire to complete a bathroom project. My other agenda was to snap some shots of some interesting places & shops. So there will be a whole gamut of photograph's below!

First stop is ALLSORTS I frequent this place, it has cute home decor and well...all sorts of things. We make our way through town, its a pleasant walk. People sitting outside of Cafes, young and old people going about their day to day tasks. Helensville has a mixed demographic of people. According to New Zealand Statistics 41.9 percent are couples with families in Helensville, while couples without children make up 36.1 percent of all families, 22.5 percent of families in Helensville are one-parent-with-children families. The predominant ethnic group is European  but we are lucky enough to have other cultures amongst us . Apparently there are around 2,500 residents & I honestly love the small-town feel.

The other day  while on a walk, I noticed an elderly lady about to climb a ladder, I offered assistance which she politely refused. We started chatting and  got onto the subject of the 2nd World War. She shared some memories, it was wonderful to connect with her, and learn about her life and hear about historic events from some-one who had experienced it first hand.

I think it is very important to have a community where people are supported not only by government agencies, but by each-other. The local churches here are wonderful, Noah's Ark (meeting of parents and babies U2,  happens on Tuesdays at Life Church, Helensville Community Church  offers cake & coffee and fellowship on Friday's, as well a meeting at Black Pete's restaurant, on Wednesdays, offering crafts, art work etc and lunch for $4.  These get together's keep people from feeling isolated and enrich people's lives.

Helensville will be celebrating its 150th birthday in October and they are hosting alot of events in honour of this, Ill keep you posted.

Below are cute quaint little shops and miscellaneous from our walk today....




Have a blessed weekend all,



Storm



Allsorts (green shop).Confession I had to look on the Internet
for this shot!




Then we went to Kaipara River Walkway, it is so lovely  in the sunshine.

We made our way to the old Post Office, its grand and provides a helpful community service








Now is home to Heartland Services

The Studio offering pottery classes -LOVE!



Some pottery creations -pretty cool.

Fairly new, has some lovely pieces, cant wait to go in!

Cute Vintage Styled Clothes Shop

From Gillaz Flowers -excuse the reflection of the glass.

 

Some lucky persons project, even in this state, gorgeous!



Another place, I cant wait to check out!

From Global Antiques

Cute set from Global Antiques



Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose

R.H. BLYTH