Posts by Nick Dalgety
IN THE BEGINNING
I created a photo book to highlight some of the important events in God’s dealings with Man. The creation of the heavens and the earth, Man created, Man’s fall, and then the early outworking of God’s plan to restore a right relationship between God and Man. We see how the God of the Bible chooses…
Read MoreENMITY BETWEEN THE SEEDS
The Lord God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel” (GENESIS 3:15). Here we witness the greatest calamity of Mankind. Adam and Eve chose to disobey an…
Read MoreMAN AND HIS WIFE HID
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden (GENESIS 3:8). Adam and Eve are together for the scripture says they heard the Lord God.…
Read MoreNOT GOOD TO BE ALONE
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him” (GENESIS 2:18). Relationships. As a Christian I believe in one God yet three Persons in nature, namely Father, Son and Holy Spirit – a truth revealed overtime in the Bible. Therefore relationship…
Read MoreMAN TO CULTIVATE
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it (GENESIS 2:15). Right from the start God intended that Man have real purpose in life. Here Man was to cultivate the land and care for the creatures that inhabited the Garden. There is real…
Read MoreTHE GARDEN OF EDEN
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed (GENESIS 2:8). God makes known in the first chapter of Genesis a sweeping account of the creation of the earth, the heavens, plants, animals, birds, fish and ultimately Man. God then turns His attention…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE NELSON
Nelson played a valuable role in the history of New Zealand. It forms an important part of the top of the South Island, referred to as the prow of the Island canoe by Iwi. It is a region that provided essential merchandise and food for the West Coast during the gold rush era in the…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE THE WEST COAST
The West Coast: the place where my mother was born and where we spent most of our childhood holidays. Wild and rain swept and where you get a sense of the way it used to be in the early days New Zealand. A region founded on blood, sweat and tears where you made a living…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE ELLIS CREEK FARM
The Thorpe family farm Lowline angus cattle in East Takaka, a sub region of Golden Bay. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Jonathan Thorpe and his wife Meredith on the farm in mid-2021. A special time as the Thorpes gathered eggs and avocados along with feeding out to the cattle in the upper…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE THORVALD AND LITTLE RIVER CHEESE
Dave Barrett is the owner of an artisan cheese business, located in the Upper Moutere, about a 40-minute drive from Nelson. He possesses two great cheese brands; Thorvald made from sheep milk cheese and Little River cheese made from local A2 milk. You can purchase the cheese from their own retail outlet called The Junction,…
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