Hello Hong Kong again!

Just a quick written post to say.. well its been crazy busy lately as you may have guessed. We finished out tour of the south island (which I will have to continue re-capping later) and now believe it or not we are in Hong Kong again. It is so lovely to be back here catching up with all our friends at Holly Brown. We are working on numerous exciting ventures that I hope to share with you soon and which will keep us very busy into the new year. I have loads of pics to share when we get home so stay tuned!! In the meantime..

The second issue of Riff Raff E-magazine is out! And Extra Curricular Magazine has a new exciting issue out also!

A Glimpse of Gore

Next stop was a little town called Gore (which is south west of Dunedin). For some reason Gore has a bad reputation for being boring and a bit rugged - I actually found it to be quite a quaint town with lovely historic buildings, beautiful deer parks and gardens, a dancing Kea in the town aviary, great little cafes and the smell of cooked oats :) - from the Thistle factory. Gore historically was a valuable trade route and food gathering site back in the early 19th century and sits on the banks of the Mataura River, it has a history of illicit whiskey making and even has a Moonshine museum dedicated to the stories behind this practice.

We travelled a few times north of Gore to a township called Mandeville for lunch at a lovely restaurant called The Moth - which sits on the edge of an air field and has a museum and restoration workshop dedicated to tiger moth planes and old steam trains.

This seems as good a time as any to mention one of my favourite illustrators 'Edward Gorey'.. just because :)

Mountains & Mountains

Journey through the Lewis Pass with a fresh dump of snow. Lots of drive-by-shooting (with a camera) as it was freezing outside the car!! I love mountains, they are amazing especially with all the different light that passes over them.

Still much more to come.. very behind on the blogging as we are still travelling here and there.

In the mean time... I love these illustrated stories all made with silhouette!

On Tour - Nelson

More adventures in Nelson! Good times and sunny days. Found a great antique shop called 'Eclectic' where I happened to purchase a few little friends. I found the library to be a great place to work in and lots of interesting architecture to ponder. Rather strange that the council buildings in Nelson have what looks like a ticking bomb attached to their building..?

On Tour - past adventures

I've been on tour around parts of the south island (of NZ) with my husband for his work - hence the lack of blogging. Here are a few snaps of our adventures.. Blenheim was our first stop after a rather peaceful ferry ride from wellington to picton.