Hand Painted Rocks – Not Just Any Rock
I love creating personal stones for people. It is an opportunity for me to spend some time connecting with a stone and it’s story. This is a stone painted for Natacha who wanted to give something personal to a friend. She spoke briefly about her friend and then left the rest up to me! Sometimes […]
I’ve decided to start posting pages from my up and coming “KOHATU” book that will be a collection of the 365 stories from the Rock a Day project I completed in 2011. It has been a huge undertaking, huger than I expected but also very exciting! The process of going back over each day, reading […]
So we’re back in Rotorua with whānau and we’ve just come from Te Puke after spending the last few days with whānau and what a wonderful time it has been! I’ve said this before recently – there is something about this time, something in the air, so much aroha in the air, everywhere there is […]
What a wonderful day today! Chilled out, relaxing and just cruising with good kai (all day!), great company and a great place in the country to be winding down at the end of the year. I’ve so enjoyed this – with minimal connection to the internet and no one really sending me emails wanting anything […]
I decided that I would write the story for this rock with my three nieces. And these are the thoughts that came to mind from all of us. It has been a great day – all the family getting together for a yummy hangi! We haven’t seen each other for ages and all the mokos […]
I was putting healing cream on my niece’s excema this morning and she just sat there, fluttered her butterfly eyelashes and was enjoying the touch and attention to her skin. Today I picked up my Mum from the resthome and she loved to have kisses on her face, me touching her soft skin with my […]