I have lost count of how many times I have travelled to the United States. I have strong connections to this country. My first trip was in 1983 as an exchange student to Washington State bringing several return trips to visit host families and friends in the Pacific Northwest. A few years later, I made […]
Out & About
Greetings from Canberra
The Hume highway to Canberra was abloom with yellow wattle: The temperature dropped to -5C overnight. An iced up windscreen to remind us we are not in coastal Copacabana anymore: Not that we’re complaining about the weather. Sun, blue skies and no wind: And I got to see my artwork on exhibition ( view the 2015 […]
In my own backyard
Last weekend it was my pleasure to have Lisa Call come to stay. The weather was off to a promising start but, by the time Lisa arrived in the early evening, the southerly had rolled in. Conditions were not favourable for our planned hike but we did get to look out from some local vantage points; explore […]
A Garden Day
On my last day in New Zealand, I took an excursion to the Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa with my mother and grandmother – three generations of first born daughters. The rose gardens were a little past their prime but still full of colour. Appropriately, this floribunda variety is called My Mum: And there were […]
Photos from Paris
On this trip to Paris, we decided to stay in Montmartre. This is the view up the street of our hotel: We could have booked a room with a distant view of the Eiffel Tower but those rooms only had a bath, no shower. The rooftop view from our room was quite satisfactory: And on […]
The West Country
Our last days in England continued an agreeable pattern of driving, walking, exploring, and eating. These swans were in Worcester where there is a network of canals (although this is the river): We enjoyed our audio tour of the Royal Worcester Museum including commentary from Henry and Lars from Antique Roadshow. All of the audio […]
