Some things are harder than others to find. I’ve been after some green Ric Rac for ages. But not just any green – it had to be an olive greeny/grey colour, to go with one of my current projects. Yesterday we had an unexpected trip to Porirua to meet some friends. If we get there early, I suggested, we could pop in to Pete’s Emporium for a wee while. Robin was happy with that – as well as having an enormous amount of ribbons, trims, and buttons, they also sell flags. Robin likes to fly the flag here at home, and wanted a nice new one to keep in reserve.
Lots of lovely trims
I headed straight to the haberdashery aisles. There were trims with feathers, sequins, and sparkly bits galore. Buttons, ribbons and braids of all kinds. You could spend hours here, just looking. But what about the ric rac? They didn’t have the sort of green I was after last time I called in.
Buttons galore
Then I spotted it, a card of green ric rac, close enough in colour to what I was looking for. Thank goodness – my quest was finally over. Robin found himself a new flag too, so we went to the check out with our modest purchases.
Just what I wanted
Shopping done, we continued on to meet our friends for a day out. Which is always a bit of a surprise, as we don’t actually know where we are going until we meet up. As it turned out, we went to the Zealandia Sanctuary to see a marvellous display in the Visitors Centre. To find out about New Zealand wildlife and our visit yesterday, read about it here.
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Jenny, I get a kick out of seeing your Friday posts on Thursday here. Amazing. I just read your post about the Sanctuary and couldn't get over what a wonderful way to try to save endangered animals. What a most interesting place to visit. I've heard of the Moa because I come across it often as an answer in crosswords; I had never seen a picture before. Thank you for this informative post.
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