Stress Sponge

I wrote this earlier this month and forgot to post it! Today is September 1st… the first day of Spring, and New Zealand’s National Random Acts of Kindness day! As promised I did my best to brighten the day of just a few people in a little way.  This morning, armed with 12 Whittaker’s Dark [...]

I was off work sick today, and had no one but Phoebe to keep me company.  I decided to take a few pics of her for this week’s Digital Photography School Photo Challenge.

Friday 9 September 2011, the first day of the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the start of several weeks of media attention centred on New Zealand. To be honest, rugby doesn’t interest me at all… but what I do like is all the life that has been breathed into Auckland. I managed to skive off [...]

Thanks to Little Green Envelope for the above.

September 1 is the 7th anniversay of New Zealand Random Acts of Kindness day!  Yes I know, we should always be trying to do little things to brighten the day of strangers… but sometimes we need a little reminder.  September 1 is that reminder! RAK day is about doing something for absolutely no reason at [...]

It was one of those Sundays today… where the weather couldn’t make up it’s mind between hail and sunshine, and where going outside seemed like just too much hard work.  After spending a few hours indulgently lazing around the house in my PJs, I finally managed to pull myself together and caught up on some [...]

When we first moved into our house 3 1/2 years ago, our cat Phoebe was the only cat on the street and she prowled around like she owned the place. Over the years our street’s cat population has risen, and now we’re always getting visits from strays and other family’s pets. Here’s a few snaps [...]

In just over a month’s time, New Zealand will be hosting the rugby world cup… To be honest, I couldn’t care less about rugby. What I do absolutely love, is all the wonderful new development that has been going on in Auckland, in preparation for the RWC 2011. An area of the Auckland waterfront that [...]

Recently work has been getting a bit out of control, and has been seriously stepping on the toes of my real life. After reading a blog post by the Digital Photography School on making Time for Photography (and taking some inspiration from Shoot Tokyo), I made the effort to step away from all the work [...]

You have to admire the wonderfully positive spirit of these little kids. They truly play the game because they love to!