The fire outside Nelson is burning hard, and another has started on Rabbit Island, the wooded bit opposite the narrow part of the estuary in Mapua. Our hosts from the last few days came to say goodbye and were clearly very shaken, and an artist friend of theirs whom we met a couple of times, had to be evacuated. Nelson itself is cloudy and it rained overnight.
After some work-related troubles I am finding it hard to get on with it. I did at least have an idea for a story, after quite a while.