Black Betty was our breakfast choice this morning, the first time we’ve been there for several years. The food is still excellent and I did appreciate my Earl Grey tea made weakly with tea leaves. The cafe wasn’t as busy as it used to be, perhaps because there are now so many new options available. No sign of the Harley Davidson riders who were Saturday morning regulars. They must have gone somewhere else.
We parked in Allen Street, and as we drove out we spied a mural I hadn’t seen before, as we rarely go that way.
It’s a portrait of Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia, and was painted by Erika Pearce in 2017, for the YMCA’s Street Prints Otautahi Festival. The mural raises issues of environmentalism, cultural identity, and female empowerment, and is illuminated by sustainable solar lighting.
Adjacent is a 2021 mural which I found less attractive. The letters appear to read NESS, but I’m not sure what it means.
Black Betty led us to a wall
with a new mural proud and tall