News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
Mermaseille Stage Two
Its two weeks after my last sitting - actually it is not even two weeks - and she has completely healed! Simon has added more colour, water and bubbles. Well as you can see above. Loving it!! We've even sketched out Stage Three. And once again, Mermaseille is being...
Tuesday Rocks p2
Last week was the beginning of 2011's Spring Clean. I got a cleaner in to help me with a big clean of the kitchen. The thing about spring sunshine ... it shows up even more cobwebs and some marks on the walls that I'd missed! The house feels lighter and I feel...
Opening Night Fireworks
We went out on the boat for some Friday afternoon Rum Racing and then popped back to Westhaven Marina to collect a few more friends and headed back out on the Waitemata Harbour. Friday night also marked the opening of the 2011 Rugby World Cup and we wanted a great...
Photo Friday – Cars
This weeks Photo Friday: "Cars" Camera - Nikon D80 Exposure - 0.013 sec (1/80) Aperture - f/5.6 Focal Length - 135 mm ISO Speed - 400 Exposure Bias - 0 EV Flash - Auto, Did not fire
What Spring means to Me
The 1st of September is regarded as the first day of Spring here in New Zealand. I was so excited that I celebrated that first day of spring with a most enthusiastic photograph on Instagram - titled Fuck Yea Spring! We shrug off the wind and rain and chills of winter...
August 2011 iPhone Collage
Weekly fruit boxes at work Where are those Mercury Islands you speak of? A stage cylinder If you want to pack a car right, get a girl to do it A deck full of dive gear a BBQ full of eggs and bacon stormy seas on the way back from the Mercury Islands I'm on a boat My...
Photo Shoot: Ducati Hypermotard 796
One of the items on my Bucket List is to learn to ride a motorcycle. I have booked a Basic Handling Course (which we are doing on Saturday) and I have been reading Paul Owen's book "Ride to Live, Live to Ride. The Guide to Safe Motorcycling". I have also been...
What Am I Doing?
I really felt like writing a blog post this morning but I didn't know what about. I am currently sitting on the train from Greytown to Wellington and we are going through the tunnel - I really like the tunnel - and as of right now, I still don't know what this post...
Photo Friday – Recreation
This weeks Photo Friday: "Recreation" Camera - Nikon D300 Exposure - 0.167 sec (1/6) Aperture - f/1.8 Focal Length - 50 mm ISO Speed - 640 Exposure Bias - -1/3 EV Flash - No Flash
Tuesday Rocks
Phew! It's not actually the start of the week anymore. Moanday has been and gone and I can stop focusing so much on what needs to be done for the rest of this week and a little more on me and what makes me happy. After another wonderful weekend...
Sunday Nights at Marcia’s
Sunday night at Marcia's means cups of tea, lazing on the couches, watching bits of Discovery Channel and reading on our Kindles. I love the fact that I don't feel like I need to be entertained here - nor do I need to be entertaining. Sunday Nights at Marcia's,...
TelecomONE Innovation Unconference 2011
I had no idea what to expect. I wasn't even entirely sure what an Unconference was until Nat Torkington (our conference advisor) posted a link to an Unconference Wikipedia entry on Twitter late last week : An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term...
Messing about in boats
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." — Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) Weekends are important to me. I assume they are important to all of us - right? I try and plan my weekends more carefully...
Photo Friday – Spot
This weeks Photo Friday: "Spot" Camera - Casio EX-Z1000 Exposure - 0.003 sec (1/400) Aperture - f/11.0 Focal Length - 23.7 mm Exposure Bias - 0 EV Flash - Auto, Did not fire
July 2011 iPhone Collage
Sticky iPhone case is sticky Kitten loves the sunshine Returning to the Shore - amazing sunsets Kicking off my kicks at the end of the day Griffin Tech iPod nano watch Simon Morse's tools - inks and machines Mermaseille my favourite Kindle screen happy cat misty sun...
Jump Around
House of Pain wrote it well ... Get up, stand up, come on! Come on, throw your hands up If you've got the feeling jump across the ceiling .. I had the feeling this Saturday morning. It was chores morning, it was chilly, there needed to be some loud music and some...
Winter White
I'm sure the colour was supposed to be Light Blonde. Its now a lovely shade of Winter Blonde. Matching this snowy weather perfectly. and I'm wearing my pirate skull scarf today - to scare the bad dreams away. Nightmares!? What's with that?
Good Things
Good things come to those who wait ... Well sure they do - especially if you sit around and wait long enough. Then something you consider "good" is bound to happen. In fact after a long enough time, anything could happen and most of us would find a way to consider it...