Art and Abart

  The little gum tree I planted when I arrived here two years ago has burst into flower just in time for Christmas.  May you have a year of ...

It's a couple of days until Christmas, but really, who would know? One of the effects of the pandemic is that it has messed with our int...

It has been a tumultuous year and we are confronted with a new world.  Reading online comments sections that follow political posts wou...

'Children and Cats' by Sophia  (6 years)

It is the season to ... contemplate be laid back be laid be  Have a Happy Christmas and may we all be on our perches this ti...

'Wotan's Christmas' Card by elizabethgw A card for lovers of Richard Wagner's music. (Folk like me!)    ...

Black sands at Wanganui beach On a cold and very windy Christmas Day a picnic on the beach in Wanganui (after delivering visitors to th...

Mooo!  Seasons greetings from the hills of Taihape! Hills behind Taihape at dusk

While I was making Wagner cards, I also made a Christmas Card! Laughing Kookaburra Christmas Card by elizabethgw

If you need a little pre-Christmas cheer you should come to my house at dusk. You can't help but be impressed by the lights on the house...

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope we all have a healthy, happy and hopeful New Year. My wish for 2010 is that our politicians become lea...