Category Archive: Wellington

299 – Songs of praise

299 – Songs of praise

The last of our portrait exhibition is coming down. In our hearts, songs of praise, of exhaustion, the highest highs and our fair share of …

 

297 – Hearts of oak

297 – Hearts of oak

without a hat     a winter rain falls on me so what — Basho I’m walking back from the dentist. I’m feeling great. The late afternoon blue …

 

283 – Pearl Dawn

283 – Pearl Dawn

The sun finally peers though this watercolour landscape. The rain feels like its done the fullest effort for the moment and the rinsed world starts …

 

281 – Cold, served cold

281 – Cold, served cold

lying down       with quilts over the head such a cold night — Basho As if to celebrate the long weekend (more, more) the roof was …

 

254 – Time out

254 – Time out

Time today for a lunch in the sun with Marica – simultaneously relaxed and tense – have a bite of lunch, waiting for proofs from …

 

253 – Java Man

253 – Java Man

I drink a lot of coffee. Always have, always will. I have the soothing ‘good night coffee’ before I go to bed. I have the …

 

149 – Don’t fret!

149 – Don’t fret!

When warm air passes over a cold surface (in this case, Cook Strait) a fog (fret) can generate. Clearly the sea hasn’t warmed over this …

 

142 – The bubble

142 – The bubble

One of the great things about Wellington is the way the harbour is such a part of the landscape. Townscape. Those of us who work …

 

140 – My way

140 – My way

Being able to park in tight spaces is something you have to learn when you live in Wellington. Our city is very hilly, has very …

 

137 – On the waterfront…

137 – On the waterfront…

“Kiss me, you fool!” She was breathing heavily now, her chest heaving with gasps. Brad, barely able to walk after the traumatic encounter with the deformed …