Sunday Snapshot

Thirty kilometres south of where I live is the small town of Katikati (the Maori name means to nibble or shear). It is popular with tourists for the murals which are painted on almost every wall or building. Many of them feature scenes or figures from the town's history, others are whimsical or simply decorative. I have posted about Katikati here.

 

Last autumn I went to try to photograph all or most of the murals. 

Some of them were difficult to capture, and it wasn't a very good day in terms of light, 

but here are two.

This is probably my favourite. It's a whole wall showing an original homestead near the town:

Here's a section in close-up:

And I like the details in this one, especially the cat and the hens:

I hope you have a particularly happy Sunday!

Sunday Snapshot

This morning I visited the small town of Katikati, which publicises itself as The Mural Town.

Murals are found on buildings all over the town, depicting the people and events 

of the town's past. Here are two of them, one on the side of the Library, and the 

second one just on the side of a shop:

There are many more, but it was an overcast morning, and the town was so busy that I couldn't get near them for cars and people. I'll have to go back on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

Sunday Snapshot

This man reads the paper near the Library in a small town neighbouring the one I live in. 

His dog waits patiently for his attention.

The sculpture has a lovely restful air. Many times I have seen people sitting close beside 

him to have a photo taken - he never seems to mind their presumption,
but continues to look calmly across the street.