The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Man wakes up, one of a few who can see in a world of blind people, and must find a way to survive with the added threat of plants that can walk, talk and sting.

Another futuristic story written in the past.  I love this book because it is written in such a straightforward style that it seems very credible, it is fantastically retro and it has a nice little love story.  I picked it up, by chance, at a second hand book shop.  I have read a few of his other novels since then, but I always return to this one.  

I took the picture at a vineyard near Matakana, a winegrowing area about an hour away from Auckland.  I thought it appropriate to take a picture near cultivated plants!