Nelson is dry and brown, apart from the vineyards with their rows of unnervingly green vines.
The picture below was taken in Isel Park in Stoke, a southern suburb of Nelson divided by the road which leads south to Murchison and the West Coast. Isel Park ist a hidden gem, an historic house with a beautiful garden, enormous trees and wide, now brown, lawns.
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| Isel Park. The figure under the tree shows how big it is. |
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Two southerly storms over recent years decimated the place, blowing over many of these enormous giants not used to being so buffeted. I suppose the drought will weaken the hold of the remaining trees.
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| Agapanthus flowers are flowering everywhere in Nelson, including Isel Park |
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| A stream through the park idyll. |
