Daffodil Day rocks.

It is Daffodil Day in New Zealand, to commemorate people fighting Cancer.



I painted 7 special rocks with daffodils on and hid them in the streets of Picton this morning.

While doing so I found 2 pretty rocks by other people and photographed them with my daffodils.


there are a few other rocks that I had finished in the photo. I like the N for Nyle who is my dear Daughter, it had  natural white streaks I just added the purple colour.

some of my painted rocks

Here are just some of my painted rocks. 

I painted them for the children to go out searching for, they are so excited when they do find them and usually take them home and treasure them for a time. 

But they are supposed to take a photo of the rock they find and post it on #marlboroughrocks. or #marlbrocks so I can see that they have found one of my little rocks, then, the idea is that they go out and hide the rock i a new place for other children to find.

I have been lucky enough to have had a number of rocks photographed and posted, it is so encouraging to get such a post, makes me so happy. 

Because we are a small tourist town where huge cruise ships visit often I suspect that many of my rocks have left NZ for exotic destinations. I do know one now lives in Thailand.

I have hundreds of different little designs I paint, some are easy so I do them often. Like penguins, flowers, bugs and strawberries. I believe I have painted approx 450 

Lake Mattherson New Zealand

On a bus trip round the South Island  we visited beautiful Lake Mattherson with its pretty reflections. There is a very peasant walk into this lake through old native bush full of bird song.

  Past a big swing bridge and many small streams.out highest Mountain.

 The reflections in the lake are of Mount Tasman and Mount Cook

the tale of the sheepskin.

Sheepskin tales.

I decided I would buy a lovely sheep skin mat for my Daughter for Christmas, I found a really nice one with a little fleck at the tips of the wool and bought it. Brought it home and put it on the spare bed. Porsche our Burmese Cat found it and liked it, lay down on it and said thank you I like it its mine.

 I rather thought she would get tired of it  and I would be able to give it to my Daughter, but she only became more attached to it. 

The shop had since sold out, so I rang them and asked if they could get another one from some other branch of their shop. 
About a week later a nice lady rang and said a whole bin of the sheep skins had arrived and asked me to send  a photo of the colour I wanted, hence the photos.  

Next day she rang me and said yes there was just one of the skins same as I wanted, it had been right at the bottom of the bin which apparently was up on top of many other big bins of stuff. Then I asked her if she would  please go back and get yet another one! 


With a sigh she said ok. hut it would be a different colour and it was. Turned out to be a lovely black tipped one. Just perfect as I wanted to give that one to my Grand son for Christmas as he has just purchased a new home. I bought the  nice lady a tiny box of chocolates for all the trouble she went to on my behalf. She was amazed couldnt believe anyone would reward her like that.
I was just so happy we still have Porsche's sheep skin and My Daughter and my Grandson have theirs too. Win win all round.