Hello neglected blog readers!  I have some big news that some of you may not have heard, the family and I are moving to the South Island. I ...

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 finally feel like I'm getting on top of moving house.  We were pretty spread out - things on the boat, things at my studio, a few thin...

Following on from my last post, when I heard the news that I no longer had a studio, I wallowed for a little while, then I put the problem o...

I started this blog waaaaay back in 2009 and my very second post was about moving out onto our piece of land.  We had purchased a 10 acre (4...

Warning - this is a picture heavy post.   Lots of people are pestering me for more pictures of our new home.  And I am nothing if n...

Today, if all goes well, and I see no reason it shouldn't, we become the owners of a boat.  A pretty big boat, but not as big as my h...

I'm not very well, and haven't been for a few days now.  The eyes have almost healed, still have a lump on my forehead - that...

These are what I've been doing in my spare time recently - my play time!  I've been wanting to try this for a while and even just...

Well, this morning a lovely man came and turned my phone on. Now I'm back on broadband and have a new phone number to memorise. And they...

Well, not the artistic type anyway. You can be very creative with colours and I thought I was going to have to. We planned to paint the inte...

Saturday again and so off I went, camera in hand, for the weekly pilgrimage out to the land to see how close we are getting. Dear Husband sp...