In praise of 5 foot bunny rabbits

If your in the adult's library today keep a look out for the Easter bunny aka Glen the AV Librarian. In what has become library tradition you'll find him giving out Easter eggs to patrons each Thursday before Easter.

What you might not know is that this isn't a library funded initiative. Our Easter bunny takes it upon himself to brighten the day of a few hundred people with free chocolate. He supplies the eggs himself and nobody has to ask him to dress up. It's all his doing.

Why does he do it?, you ask. Well that's one of life's mysteries. Some say it's because he's a chocoholic who's trying to get others addicted. Some say he just wants an excuse to dress up and have all the girls squeeze his tail. I like to think he's just one of those people who likes putting a smile on the face of others. Perhaps we'll never know.

Anyway here's a few photos of this years Easter bunny.

(Note the big teeth on the bunny slippers. I'm not sure what they mean but it has me worried.)

The in between time

Well Christmas has come and gone again and we can all recover once again. As usual we'll only close for the Stat days over the holiday period. We will however be closing at 5pm instead of 8pm this week.

Below are photos of the annual Christmas carols in the library foyer by the lyrical librarians.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and have an even better new year.

We'll see you all 2011.

Rock and Roll 50s

Last week we had our annual housebound party. The theme this year was the rock and roll era so the show feature young rock and roll dancers, and Elvis impersonator and that old classic game show; The money or the bag.

For those who aren't aware we have a housebound service for roughly 100 patrons who are unable to get into the library. Our hard working housebound librarian, Alison, picks books, DVDs and spoken word for each housebound patron. These are then delivered by volunteer couriers.

Once are year we organise for as many housebound patrons and their couriers as possible to come along to the library were we give them afternoon tea and put on a show.

This years show was a great success due to many staff members and other helpers donating their time and skill. I made the ultimate sacrifice this year dressing up as a woman for the show. It disturbs me how many people told me I made a good woman. As I have promised that I will never do this again the only evidence is the photos below.....

Well those and the video other staff are threatening to put on You tube.

Burt Munro Challenge

As you may or may not know every year at about this time hordes of motorbike enthusiasts flock to Invercargill for the Burt Munro Challenge. For the last several years the outside of the library has become a parking place for bikes of all types and sizes. This year I couldn't resist taking a few photos of some of the bikes parked outside.