The whole of Good Friday was filled with spring cleaning. THAT felt GOOD!
The garden got a workout too. Pick up sticks and garbage to make it look a little neater than before. The sun kept me company all along.
The next painting I am working on is one of wild turkeys. I have seen them around Ontario quite a lot this year. The best was when I was snowshoeing with my sister near Van Kleek Hill. The birds were a lot bigger than I imagined.
The trip , I hope, will be one where I paint a lot of notes (studies) and then work them up later in my studio. This photo is one from the net that I will use as reference for the painting. What would we do without "Images"
In New Zealand, we will travel the North Island. I'm hoping to see Lake Taupo. Rotorua and the Coromandel. These are the usual type of places, but I'm hoping to find small places where the hostel is open (winter, remember?) The Coromandel has a lot of birds that I hope hang around there in the winter too.
We want to see Napier too. Art Deco supreme. The last time I was in NZ, I saw a lot of Deco architecture. It was popular and the best of it still seems to be there. I was far more charmed by the Victorian "Villas".
The pictures are in the wrong order, as I am still a neophyte with this blog publishing.
The very north of the North Island is less manageable if you don't have a car. Buses take you everywhere, but a little less frequent (some are only every other day or less) so you have to be sure you are happy with being stuck somewhere. The nicest part of New Zealand is that they have the I centres, for travel info and arrangements. It's easy to get around with their help.
I love the sound of the language in NZ. The rolling of the names, seemingly unpronoucable till you get the hang of it all.
I hope the route calls to us as we go and find the rest my sister needs (she just finished her thesis) and the rest for me, for that matter. Both of us have worked very hard all our lives and need to slow down and look at the world... close or far.
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