Grace

Dear friend Charise Isis has launched her new website Grace - Portraits of Breast Cancer Survivors.
A beautiful collection of images honouring women of great bravery and inspiration.

They grow up so fast

Nearly a year old now - haven’t they grown! Because they were adopted from the SPCA, I don’t know their exact birthdays so I’ve guessed them to have been christmas babies.

Blowing out the cobwebs

Clockwise (from top left): Breaker Bay, viewed from Beacon Hill; Pencarrow Heads; On the trail of Hobbits, New house under construction, Pass of Branda; InterIslander ferry in Cook Strait (with snow-top South Island in distance)

Wellington has been living up to its nickname (= windy) so after a Saturday indoors, a brisk walk was in order Sunday morning.
We chose the closest - the Eastern Walkway.

Lizards and predators

Peruvian lizard @ Machu Picchu and his New Zealand cousins – Common Gecko and Copper Skink

This is a blog of shame. The warmer weather has the lizard population out sunbathing on rocks around my house. Unfortunately, they're easy pickings for my young predators and some other introduced pests. Learn more.

The predators: my lovelies, Kotare (NZ Kingfisher), Australian Magpie and Hedgehogs

Laundry day

Looking at Lyall Bay from Strathmore Park, Wellington.

It’s extremely satisfying to get all the laundry flapping happily on the line by midday.
I paused to enjoy the view.

From the front door, Strathmore Park, Wellington.

These are a few of my favorite things

Couldn’t stop humming Julie Andrews while taking these pix.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
(dum-de-da-da-da dum dum-de-da-da)
Paintings and music and recovered armchairs
These are a few of my favorite things

Looking for inspiration

I've several new projects on the boil, just need to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. So I've been hitting the books, the net and figuring it all out on paper - you can't bet a bit of manual doodling.

My poor garden is crying out for attention after the foul winter we've had here in little ol' NZ - more to come on this later.