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Philippa

New Zealand

I have a passion for beautiful everything!

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Otago on our route. Silly iPad keyboard, grrrrr.....

Otago on our route. Silly iPad keyboard, grrrrr.. We are meeting Jessica, her boyfriend Simon, my sister Judith, her ex hubby Chris and his wife Caroline at a lovely restaurant around the corner from our motel in about an hour. Tomorrow I'm taking John to see where my mum grew... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, yay my niece has graduated with a Batchelor of...

Hi, yay my niece has graduated with a Batchelor of Law and Commerce!! What a clever honey she is! Jessica and I have always had a special bond so I'm so happy we could be here in Dunedin for it. We had a lovely drive over from Queenstown, the best... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, we'll,it's been ours last day in the...

Hi, we'll,it's been ours last day in the Queenstown area and I'm sad to be leaving tomorrow. I don't like Queenstown itself but the rest of the district is magical. I've been on quite a few rock hunting outings and today I found the ultimate rock!! I'd still like to... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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Aargh to this iPad! It is not easy topmost on this...

Aargh to this iPad! It is not easy topmost on this thing, giggle. Wanaka is about 45mins away and the crown range is fun to drive over. Yay! Smiles... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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Blissdom! The Dart river stones are just amazingly...

Blissdom! The Dart river stones are just amazingly gorgeous and I had a great fossick. Even John got a little excited about a couple of rocks he found,mwhichnis almost unheard of! Very cute. Needless to say our poor car is going to be a bit laden down on the way... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, what a lovely time we had yesterday, wandering...

Hi, what a lovely time we had yesterday, wandering around my old holiday haunt of Arrowtown. The autumn colours were still gorgeous and I managed to find some beautiful rocks too which John very kindly carried in a back pack for me while I had the smaller ones in a... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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First Rock Foray! Yesterday morning we went...

First Rock Foray! Yesterday morning we went grocery shopping and then came back for lunch. Around 2pm we set off for a wander across the park behind this house to get to the path down to the lake side. This is a part of lake wakatipu that I never got... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi there, oh my goodness what an amazing weekend I...

Hi there, oh my goodness what an amazing weekend I had in Timaru doing 3 art classes with Donna Downey. It truly was a life's dream to meet her and I had such a wonderful time. I have some photos to share when I get home and so much to... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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A Post Ahead of Time!

Hi again, giggle, yes I'm typing this ahead of time because I knew I wouldn't get time on Sunday morning as I will be rushing off to my final class of the weekend.. I can't tell you what I did yesterday at the classes because I haven't done them yet... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Art for Heart's Sake

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Another Gift Tag!

Morning!! Well today is the day and I'm off to meet Donna Downey at last, and to take her classes. I hope and pray I can keep up with everything as I'm not good at classroom situations. I'm going to try to just envisage that I'm in an art studio... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, over the next few days I'm going to be pretty tied up with getting to and doing the amazing three classes with Donna Downey. I so hope I can share some photos with you but I don't know if I dare take our camera into the class in case... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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What a Character!

Hi, it's Thursday morning and here is a photo of a very cute Monty! I came home from walking the dog on late Monday afternoon and this is what I found: Monty is SUCH a character and we are so lucky to have him. Love him to bits! Today I'm... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Computer Backed Up and Fingers Crossed!

Hi, here I am with my fingers, toes and almost everything crossed that I stay that way. After running a full scan of my computer one virus was found and fixed so I ran a scan on my external hard drive too which was fine. Last evening I spent AGES... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Gorillas in the Mist!!

Hi, on a rather misty Tuesday - it's almost 10.30am and the mist hasn't lifted yet! We don't get an inversion layer of mist very often but when we do it is so beautiful, especially at this time of year. I wandered down to the bottom of the paddock and... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Good Monday Morning!

Hi there, it's Monday morning and I'm halfway through my housework, ack! We have a woodburner and I looked around the living room last night and just though ''oh heavens the dust is thicker than ever...''! Woodburners create a lot of extra dust and we have enough of it already... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, here I am - yes I'm here at last! I'm sure you didn't miss my post yesterday but I still feel bad when I can't manage to do it - daft I know, giggle! I was meant to be working all day Friday and all day today (Sunday) but... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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I'm late, I'm late.. and... oh pookies, I'm late!!...

I'm late, I'm late.. and... oh pookies, I'm late!! I had to work today instead of tomorrow (Sunday) and I didn't get time to post before I had to leave. So so sorry, did you miss me?? Giggle.. I'll post tomorrow with all the news!! Smiles...xxx Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Aaaggh Rushing to Work!

Hi honeys, it's Friday morning and I am rushing around like a chook getting ready for work. I'm eating my breakfast as I type this before feeding the animals etc and taking the dog for a trot (forget the walk!!). Friday mornings aren't my fav because I don't rush well,... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Sun is Shining, Birds....

....are singing and my FEET ARE COLD!! Giggle. I've been writing the first draft of my Mud Cakes & Roses gardening column and my feet are frozen. I think I need a pair of slippers! It's a beautiful sunny day here today but the air has a decidedly wintery chill... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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68.8m of Stubborn Trim!

Hi, giggle, yes yesterday I spent around 4 hours fighting with 68.8m of stretchy lace trim at the outlet store. One of the machinists asked me to measure how much was on the spool so I duly did that and all was fine until I started winding it back onto... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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The Chook House!

Hi, here it is - chook palace (designed for our favourite small breeds of chooks). Didn't John do a fabulous job??!! I want another one now for the three small girls. Hmmm could I resort to bribery?? the older run you can see in the background directly behind the run... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Urgh... Typed a Post & it Disappeared!

Hi there, I typed a lovely newsy post and when I went to publish it, it just ''poof'' disappeared.... aaaggghhhh! I need to go and get the fire going properly so will just post the two photographs I was going to. We drove to Blenheim (2 hours drive) to celebrate... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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This Time in Two Weeks...

... I'll be fulfilling a life's dream... taking classes with the amazingly inspirational Donna Downey in Timaru, further down the South Island. Donna posted a map of New Zealand on her blog so I just had to share it with you. If you look closely you will see Nelson at... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Well That Was Fun!

..ermm sort of, not really, maybe! Giggle. Yes I survived my little adventure at the radiology department at Nelson Hospital but it was a bit torrid. I got there around 10.30am and was taken straight away for two xrays - one of which required me to put a fairly large... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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Hi, yikes well today is the day. I'm rushing out the door to work and then at 10.10am John is going to pick me up and take me to the radiology department at our local hospital. Crikey I SO wish I didn't have to have this done in a hospital... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2013 at Art for Heart's Sake

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