You probably thought that I’m done with posts about New Zealand. Nope, I’ve got more pictures I want to share.
I saw this phone booth in Wellington on our first day. One doesn’t see many phone booths anymore. I actually think this one might work! Little did I know that I’d be seeing more and each would be interesting in it’s own way.
Not a phone booth, a letterbox. One of the Brits got really excited. The is old style British letterbox. I don’t know if it was used in NZ, or brought over as an interesting artifact. Looks Victorian, cast-iron and all. The dark square tells you when the mail is collected. I love how it’s locked with a simple padlock. So now I’m looking for red boxes.
Same location, pouring rain, and they have a phone booth. Which leads me to believe that both were brought here as artifacts.
This one was in Arrowtown. From the looks of it, no longer in use.
Queenstown This one does have a phone. Graffiti is everywhere, and no, I don’t like it.
Yup, this is a functional phone booth!
Another functional phone booth, with a beautiful old building in the background. This is in Christchurch. A rather depressing town that is taking way to long to rebuild after the earthquake. I think it is a gallery today. But, you can also see right next door, a pit, waiting for reconstruction.
Side view of the same booth. Since I have red on my mind, I ended up just adding more red.
Like this ‘artwork’. Christchurch has a lot of public art. A shipping container.
I have no idea what the skier on top signifies.
A red cable car in Wellington, because, red.
And finally, nature does red best.
What I find fascinating is that although red is readily available in nature, it is a very hard dye to create. It is very fugitive, meaning it fades quickly or is very unstable. Go figure, once again nature wins.
Leah