W is for weather: a perfect day in Wellington

Wellington snap-shots on a perfect summer day:

• General Practioner Bar, a grand old 1902 building on Willis Street that was constructed for Dr Henry Pollen. I was also told by a local that it had some good years as a brothel too. Now the burgers are delicious!

GP - lunch stop in the CBD.

• Homes on the Mt Victoria slope are textured, multicoloured and a visual treat floating above the Boat Sheds and Marina.

Mt Victoria homes float above the boat sheds.

• A calm Wellington Bay, the ferry coming in from the South Island, the Oriental Bay fountain and Fred and I lying back on the grass keeping cool.

Oriental Bay Fountain with Ferry.

• Boats in the Marina with the CBD of Wellington in the background.

Chaffer's Marina.

N is for Nairn Street Cottage: a cottage museum in Wellington

A child's toy from the Nairn Street Cottage.. What a story it could tell.

I am so mindful of the era of settlers around the world in the early to mid 1800's given all the ancestral research I have been doing on both my 1820's English settler family as well as my 1850's Dutch family.

So we popped into Wellington's oldest cottage located along Nairn Street in Mt Cook. It was built in 1858, from a pre-cut kit, by the settlers William and Catherine Wallis. What makes it's story interesting is that the home stayed in the family for three generations. The grand-daughter of William then made an arrangement with the City to preserve the charming wooden cottage and its lovely ramshackle garden with herbs, vegies and fruit trees that would have sustained the family over the century.

I loved the toy, from the first generations of Wallis', on wheels, faded, worn and 'up-cycled' with braid offcuts - a sheep or a cat? Not sure.

D is for Dominion Post: daily dose of Sudoku

How I have enjoyed picking up the Puzzles page from the local newspaper, The Dominion, while having a fall white in a Wellington Cafe.

The quiet time on the bed tackling the 3 Sudoku's and the Code-cracker is so nice.