Travel Blog

What a difference a few hours make. This morning dawned cool and drear. We needed to put on a bit of heat to take the chill off the living room. But by lunchtime, the clouds had pretty well cleared, the sun was shining, and it was really quite lovely.

After playing around with watercolour in the morning, I decided to go out and sketch some of the plants that we see pretty well everywhere we go, common native plants that help to give this landscape its distinctive flavour.

So,

Tawharanui Reworked

(I can't resist colour.)

L. to R. Flax Plant, Tea Tree, Tea Tree

As you can see, I don't plan my sketches very well and consequently run out of room at the top!