Half way through the month and no blog. I thought the 12 year old blog police would have reminded me by now. The River. I have been painting but mainly framing and packing works for exhibitions. The season has started for me and goes through to December. The River 2 These 2 didn’t make theContinue reading "Organising August"

I have managed to do some paintings this month. Putting paint on paper is half way there. Right? Even if the end product isn’t what you thought it should be. I must admit, it seldom is with watercolour but I can’t not do it. Life’s journey This painting was an exercise in washes and colourContinue reading "July Journal"

We’ve been home for a couple of weeks. Settled back into the routine of art, coffee and everything in between. Creative communities luncheon. Like the 6 monthly luncheon for local creatives. This time at our local Flat White cafe at Waihi Beach. A wonderful opportunity to connect with other artists and I so look forwardContinue reading "June ‘25"

You know the ole country and western song of Ode to Billy Joel and something is thrown over the Tallahassee Bridge? Well I thought I could sketch it for you BUT, it burnt down in 1972. And that is about all there is to say on Tallahassee. We are doing a bit of a roadContinue reading "Tallahassee to New Orleans"

We’ve had a fabulous few days in DC with our granddaughter and her boyfriend as tour guides. They go to George Washington University and having just finished the semester they were the perfect guides. Washington Capitol Of course what people see in Washington, when they are not looking at monuments, is a baseball game. WashingtonContinue reading "Washington DC. USA"

Times Square on a cold evening. Skyscrapers in the clouds. Crowds were in the street 24/7. We’ve not been to NY before so it really was a bombardment of all senses. The noise, the smells, the shuffle of people, so much energy in this place. We had a day of sightseeing around Central Park, BroadwayContinue reading "New York. New York."

Leaving Boston it’s a short trip to Salem. The town of the witch trials in 1692. I always thought the ‘witches’ were burned at the stake and all were women. I was wrong. There were both men and women and they were hung. There were 20 condemned to death. 19 were hung and one wasContinue reading "Salem to Portland, Maine. USA"

Before going to Boston all I knew about it was the famous Boston tea party. So the museum was a must see. December 16th 1773 the American colonists threw the many kilos of tea into the Boston harbour as the English had put taxes on it that were exorbitant. One Samuel Adam’s stirred things upContinue reading "Boston. USA"

So, just down the road from Jacksonville there is an amazing city called St Augustine. The oldest continuously inhabited city in America. Settled in 1565 by the Spanish. Ole Pedro Menendez de Aviles was sent out from Spain with the intention of finding a suitable location for a permanent settlement. He had a moat andContinue reading "Saint Augustine. Florida, USA"

Or as the locals call it Jax Beach. Jax Beach tower Today I had my first swim in the Atlantic Ocean. It was similar to Waihi Beach in that it was wet! But also a similar temperature and I got knocked over with the waves. Here, just like home. Probably why there were lots ofContinue reading "Jacksonville Beach, Florida,USA"