Yesterday, which was January 2, we strolled around the neighborhood to take advantage of the evening sunshine.

Many NZ businesses close up for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. But these two (a kebab shop and a bait and tackle shop) don’t, so they had to post special notes on their doors.

One of them left the big open sign up… oops!

The other made a point of saying they were closing at what’s apparently the normal time.

Sigh.

But no matter: assortedhistory.com is now open for business. Our hours are “when it suits me to post something”.