Big W, little W. What begins with W?

Wee things in Wellington, that's what!

As is the tradition, my mini friend and I made the pilgrimage to Pete's Emporium to check out what bargains we could find that could be used in miniature.

 (The metal trim is a new addition to their range, which made us quite excited.)

While we were in Porirua we checked out what was on exhibition at Pataka Art+Museum, and spotted this Narnia-themed piece, Doorway to Narnia, by Yvette Keene:

 In Petone, while visiting the Alfred Memelink Artspace Gallery, I spied this:

 (The Royal Albatross Gallery, an art gallery inside an art gallery. Alas the gallery assistant couldn't tell me anything about its provenance). 

 Down the road, the Petone Settlers (sic) Museum had models aplenty, from those depicting the arrival

 and life of the first settlers to the region,

 to the area's industrial past: the Gear meatworks

and the General Motors plant at Seaview.

 Another model, this one in one-twelfth scale, was of the window of Carey's drapery

 Finally, there were these wee houses made from bits and bobs from in and around Shelly Bay, for sale at Whirlwind Design Store in Miramar:

 (One of them may have followed me home...)