Valentine’s…..

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A red rose from my garden. Still looking beautiful as it struggles with the hot dry weather.

Photographed and created in an app on my iPad.


Thank you for the comments, stars and hearts for yesterday’s infrastructure theme for Wide Wednesday. This particular construction allows road access between Motueka and Golden Bay, Kaiteriteri and Marahau - and the start of the Abel Tasman National Park track.





Pigeon Valley Fire, Tasman/Nelson, NZ
- Residents of about 74 properties in south Pigeon Valley have been able to return home on a 'conditional re-entry' basis from 8am today. They must be ready to evacuate at a moments notice.
- There are 133 properties and 370 people still evacuated. 
- From this morning extra provision has been made for temporary daytime access for residents to tend to their properties and do more extensive farm maintenance. They can now enter their properties from 8am to 2pm each day, however….
- The time extension does not apply for Redwood Valley - fire conditions there are still too volatile and potentially dangerous. Unstable trees near houses, for example mean the 10am to 12 noon time limit remains until further notice. 
- Around 130 personnel worked on the ground today, along with helicopters, trucks, tankers, diggers and drones to find the risks and hotspots. 
 UPDATE
- 40 additional properties in the fire-affected valleys have today been approved for conditional re-entry from 8am tomorrow (Friday) morning.