Carol and Mischa in New Zealand

 Mish's metal sculptures in the garden getting a jewellery makeover.

 Watering the veg on a windy morn. Mish still in bed!

One of the packages we brought back from Sydney was a Robertson landscape. Janey bought it when she was staying with us years ago and now it...

The last time Mish was surrounded by her wool and her felting books was when she had her studio in Wellington city, and that's going bac...

After a great deal of prep (Mish and Peter) we held a memorial for Janey in Avalon at Janey and Peter's house in Avalon.  Mish, Peter, a...

 At the bottom of the North Island there are a few winter seal colonies. The males haul up for a rest, safe from the local population of orc...

Surprisingly, no light leakage and pretty good lens action for an 80 year old camera. Somehow I only managed six images. The roll should do ...

Our long driveway is uphill and potholed and patched with asphalt from past years.  A year of trucks and big vehicles and workers coming and...

My first camera was the good old Kodak Box Brownie. That camera from dad is long gone, so I bought a couple online to have a play. You can...

Just a short 20km cycle up a cycle path by the expressway to the Waikanae River and a sunny winter picnic by the river. Then onto a differen...

Ran away up north a couple of hours to the Whanganui River for three days. Stayed in an old railway signal box that has been relocated and r...

After Janey's funeral we spent a few days on the northern beaches. Janey spent a lot of time at the Bilgola Beach cafe, right on this be...

                                    Janey putting on mothers 'rattlers' as juju against crashing - Siem Reap airport. It worked! Doi...

Carol, Claire, Amaia and me being dazzled by all the beautiful flowers at the Sydney flower market. Then I spent a happy few hours arranging...

 Mish says she's waited 40 years to get the right piece of furniture in the right place. Here it is. From Japan to Australia and onto ou...

We've been making good use of the local landscaper and their free trailer use. Inbound with a couple of trailer loads of good soil, and ...

 There she goes, woo hoo! 6.30am from Paekakariki on a heritage diesel, and then two steam engines replaced the diesel engine at Palmerston ...