A colourful world

 I'm so excited about colour today and introducing it more into daily life. Lately we have been in full swing of moving the house around, rearranging furniture and spring cleaning. I don't know how we accumulated so many things so quickly! I'm in the mid stages of putting together my creative room for my millions of projects, and we also have a sun room for projects and reading. Hopefully it will be finished soon and I will be able to share these spaces with you once they are complete.

 In the meantime, here are some photographs I took recently. I wish I could expand them to full screen for you - the details are so fascinating. Small spiderwebs, a dusting of pollen.. the details are the best part.

A New Zealand harbour

 Before moving away from Canterbury for good, I wanted to travel to Littleton and see the harbour and Diamond harbour. (Doesn't that just sound idyllic?) It was absolutely gorgeous and so worth the drive. We travelled through the tunnel (so claustraphobic) and Matt told me about the channel tunnel that connects France and England - I can't wait to travel there one day. We had lunch on the deck of a hotel and strolled along a walkway along the waters edge. It was beautiful. Sometimes photographs can never do a place justice.

Down to the river

 Today I went down to the river near our house. Usually we go there in summer to cool off from the heat, and the water is deep enough to sit in. Now, at the beginning of autumn, the water runs shallow and quiet. I could almost cross to the other side. Standing on a sandbar in the middle always gives me a sense of awe. Even though there are bigger rivers in the district, its just such a huge amount of open space. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in life I forget about places like this.