Baby Olivia

Here she is... 6 months old. We all love her.

Happy Olivia!

Feet are tasty!

A hard day...

Interesting...

Tomato beauty

My first ripe tomato! It weighs 100grams (yes I weighed it). Shame my lettuces have bolted and I can't eat them with my tomato.

Such fun

A video of the covers playing in the wind yesterday at the cricket...

Music on a Monday: cover head-to-head

Yes, it's Tuesday - whatever...

The original - Nine Inch Nails




The cover - Johnny Cash

Busy busy busy

You can tell when I'm busy at work... I don't blog or facebook!


Anyway - since I was here last...


I've loaded content, content, content on the brand spanking new Storylines website.

I've come back from Christchurch.

I've edited the Storylines newsletter & booklist - ready to mail out & post on the new site - it's there already, if you know where to look...

Watched cricket - ick...

I've finished editing the Storylines yearbook - and sent it off to the layout designer! Oh, yay!

And, now I'm in Wellington. I didn't need an enabler to send me shopping - oh no, just a really bad weather change! Crop trousers, light cardy, and sandals didn't cut it... thank goodness I had brought jeans down with me... but had to buy new shoes, socks, top, heavier cardy and warmer PJs... weather dropped 10 degrees in an hour. Yes, TV news reporter, it did...

Yesterday & today - training in Wellington. Today, finished early - which meant I could go and listen to Neil Gaiman & Margo Lanagan talk with Kate De Goldi at the festival. Tomorrow - Neil Gaiman (those tickets we pre-booked ages ago - and his talk is the reason for the timing of the training).

Oh, and we're off to Te Papa for the Day in Pompeii exhibition. Over shopping now! Maybe I can convince my travel buddy to go to see The Arrival theatre performance...

I will miss you Jo

Jo Noble, one of New Zealand children's literature champions and tireless worker - mostly behind the scenes - has died.

Jo was the sort of person I would like to grow up to be. Knowledgeable, generous in sharing her expertise, welcoming, warm and caring.

I will miss you Jo.

Star Wars vs Star Trek

Heads up from NZHerald

Cool Styris gets New Zealand home

Cool Styris gets New Zealand home

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The problem with time

Note to self: when manager - or self! - suggests going to a city early, so we can explore - say NO! It may be fun exploring and window shopping. But window often leads to real shopping... Oh, and having a lot of stuff in your suitcase on the way TO somewhere means there's a lot of space going spare in your suitcase FROM somewhere home... so you don't have to worry about it.
Oh, and having 'enablers' or, as they prefer to be called, 'shopping assistants' around giving hints and knowledge of local shops & sales...
Oh well, I don't really need to buy anything in Welly in a couple of weeks - or up north a week after that.

What about that cricket?!?!?

Apols to my facebook friends, who had to put up with me during the game!

In case you have no idea what I'm talking about - here's an article to read and struggle through.