Category: Cafes around New Zealand
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On the Road Again. Where to from here?
Created from a photo taken at Steptoe’s Coffee Emporium, Reefton. ©John W. Page 2025.
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On the Road Again – Reefton.
On a break between housesits, we have been exploring Reefton. It has been 6 years since we last stayed here and the town is flourishing. Lots of new businesses, cafe’s, galleries and great walking trails. We even got to see the local Christmas Parade! Favourite hangouts – The Tea Rooms & Steptoe’s Coffee Emporium.
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End of a housesit.
Its always a little sad when we start to pack up. After being in one location of over 5 weeks, you get to know people and a good sense of a place. Blenheim is a town that has captured our hearts. Friendly, safe, relaxed and welcoming. No traffic lights and cars actually stop to let…
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Cafe Doodles – Blenheim.
We are on the last week of this housesit at Spring Creek, Blenheim. After 5 weeks, we have felt quite at home here. A big thank you to the lovely staff of The Little Cafe, Blenheim for providing good coffee, good laughs, pots of tea and nibbles as we write and draw here most mornings.…
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Start the day with a doodle.
With morning coffee, I do my Morning Pages (Julia Cameron – the Artist’s Way), writing exercise, and John draws. Both are good ways to connect with the artist within, and bring creative energy into our day. When I write in the morning, it clears my mind and the day flows. On the occasional (and now…
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Daily Doodles.
Today I joined John in doing a daily doodle with our coffee at The Little Cafe in Blenheim. Good coffee and awesome food – good inspiration for drawing! Today it is a wet day, drawing and writing at ‘home’. Editing has been a challenge, until today when I realised that I had been seeing this…
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
This is our last day in Rolleston. Even the cats at the housesit know that we are getting ready to move on. They are following us around the house and needing lots of reassurance – that their mum & dad are coming home tomorrow! Onyx and Jasper have weaved their way into my heart. John’s…
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