Ross Bennett reminded me of an experience we had while I was living in Taranaki a few years back. I was working on a project with him and one day while delivering the final product to his house in Oakura, I ran out of petrol – big lol So I ended up on the side […]

E iti noa ana na te aroha. Even though my gift is small, it is given with love. I went to the mailbox today and there tucked inside was a yellow parcel, addressed to me, from John Broomfield. I was excited to open it and I knew what it was – a book written by […]

A smooth blue sheet behind a painted textured rock… Texture is bumpy and rough. It adds colour, excitement and a sense of satisfaction like you’ve worked hard all your life. I like smooth but there is something about a rough texture that makes you want to touch it and see what is there and where […]

Our tamariki these days are so lucky. Many still have their grandparents on both sides and some even have great grandparents and great great grandparents! I only knew one of my grandparents and she passed away on my ninth birthday. But I have vivid memories of her that I will never forget. She used to […]

We have a white picket fence at the front of our house. Wikipedia defines a picket fence as: a variety of fence that has been used mostly for domestic boundaries. Symbolically: a picket fence, ideally white, is seen by some as a symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life… Hmmm… funny how a fence can […]

Just before I wrote this I was having a look back through all the rocks I had painted, the photos I had taken and the stories I had written so far. It is Day 213 today, so I’ve looked back over the past 212 days and wow! I was pretty stunned by what I had […]