The Nelson-Tasman district used to abound with tobacco farms. Indeed, one of our ex-prime ministers had been a tobacco farmer. But it was starting to go out of fashion which is probably why this old kiln was looking a bit tired, although still functioning - just ripe for sketching!
The little squiggles in the foreground are actually rows of tobacco plants growing but you wouldn't have known had I not told you.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz www.don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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