Category: Art

  • Chilling Out In Picton.

    Chilling Out In Picton.

    Literally chilling, it is freezing, and blowing a gale. Staying in Picton one more day, to let the southerly blow through. Snuggled up in our studio at Tasman Holiday Park, Picton. Delicious meals at Pinch of Spice, Indian Restaurant. This morning (Wednesday) we have woken to a picture perfect day. Chilly morning, with crisp blue…

  • Cafe Doodles.

    Cafe Doodles.

    Bruce is complete! Looking forward to our Artists Retreat once we begin our first housesit at Rolleston, Christchurch. Six plus weeks of focussing on our artwork – Yes! I will also be available for Readings and Reiki sessions. And sharing our travel blog.

  • A New Chapter.

    A New Chapter.

    Yesterday was a long day, packing the last of our belongings into our storage unit (www.timsstoragelockups.co.nz), we said our goodbyes to our cafe family at Beyond Coffee & Restaurant Feilding, and our family at Palmerston North. With Henry our faithful car packed to the rafters, we started our road trip south. The last couple of…

  • Friendly Feilding – Repost.

    Friendly Feilding – Repost.

    Sorry for the image glitch in the original post. Many towns in New Zealand have a big something, a quirky feature characteristic to their town. Feilding is renown for having the biggest sale yards in the Southern Hemisphere. But there is many little known ‘bigs’ of this rural town. The big heart of the people…

  • Cafe Doodles

    Cafe Doodles

    Work in progress. This is a drawing of Bruce, a kitty friend from a Sth Island housesit in September 2018. Typically ‘Cat’, cuddles were on his terms only. He found the best entertainment was playing with a leaf from a cabbage tree.

  • Thank you for the Reviews.

    Thank you for the Reviews.

    I will always remember the day I walked in for my first session with Monica. I felt a little nervous but also intrigued. We did a combination of reiki and a tarot reading. What a phenomenal experience  It created a beautiful ripple effect in my life and 10 years on I still have remained in…

  • Thank you for the Reviews

    Thank you for the Reviews

    Tina, Feilding, New Zealand.

  • Beyond Words

    Beyond Words

    I am still finding the best words to describe our experiences on Saturday. Invited to join in the celebrations of the premier public screening of Devils On Horses, John and I had an impromptu art exhibition. A selection of family member portraits and John’s collection of drawings of the actors were on display in the…

  • The Magic of Art-In Honour of the men and their horses in WW1.

    The Magic of Art-In Honour of the men and their horses in WW1.

    Yesterday we saw the characters John has been drawing over the past 18 months come into this reality for us, here in the little rural town of Feilding, Manawatu New Zealand! Terry Kingi and The ANZAC Mounts did a promotional presentation for Devils On Horses at the Feilding Farmers Market yesterday. What an amazing experience…

  • Woo Hoo – Success!

    Woo Hoo – Success!

    Yes! We did it! Everything is working as it should be. Phew!! Now I can reset my focus on sorting, packing and preparing for our road trip on the 16th August, 2025. Please subscribe to join in our adventures and art updates.