You may have noticed that I've changed my blog header.  And my Instagram bio.  I wouldn't be telling the truth anymore if I'd k...

I read a blog post by Mary Fons today (she writes the best blog, by the way) about what it's like to live in a condo.  And I realise...

I am so buggered.  Just mentally and physically exhausted.  Over the last few weeks I've finished four quilts to exhibition standard, th...

Back in February I mused on what I wanted from this year.  Now it's May, Autumn is heading for Winter fast, and I thought it might be ti...

I know I live in a beautiful part of the world.  And, living on a boat, have access to the most beautiful of the beautiful bits.  But ser...

Ahh, loving my life on the boat!  This is super-high tide at the beach - the beach is a one minute walk away and I walk on it usually twi...

....summer holiday.  No more working for a week or two. Christmas and New Year's in New Zealand is shut down time.  Schools break for ...

This is MV Cerego's compass.  It's a cool old thing, set on gimbals (swivelly, ball thingies that make it level no matter how the...

We're enjoying living on board.  It's been more than a week and we are getting the hang of it.  It's a bit like camping, you ...

I'm sitting here in the wheelhouse of my boat.  It's our third night staying aboard.  I hesitate to say we've moved in completel...