More RockArt

Monty

My rock painting has taking me on a path I never knew was in me! Acting on a request (challenge actually!) Of a portrait, of a sweet dog. His name is Monty and I can honestly say, I'm very happy with the result.

Jamison 

Another dog portrait! Has now made me invest in finishing my artwork in resin. This is a new process for me, stressful but I'm enjoying this more professional finished look.

Fly, Fly, Fly Away

Flying over Northland New Zealand 

So overdue, to see the sights from above for a change!. Ground travel was giving us cabin fever from our car window! We needing 'not' to stretch our legs out for awhile! and wish for that claustrophobic feeling again!. Yep, what real travel use to feel like!😉

Us, playing safe in the air

#travel vacation #flyinghigh

          

Traveling Game

 

Freshly off the plane into Wellington City, walking along the water front and this is my message our vacation is telling me! 

My eyes are peeled for more hints, on how to manage our days ahead! 

Not sure if you can see them properly in this shot, but a fence of padlocks!🤔

Is this a clue or a hint? Needing to stay calm. This place has an escape room kinda feel about it!, Ok, I get it. Time to play this game to freedom. Trust me, I'm more then ready!

                                            #wellington #vacation #waterfront #newzealand 

#SmileToSaveTheWorld

 What's been happening to our fabulous familiar world we all love and live in together since I last spoke!. Hummm. Are you still alittle scared to be normal again?. You wish it would start feeling like it's all behind us now!. Let's just take that one step and make it happen. Let's walk forward and push on with a smile. That's easy and quick action, walk across to your neighbor, might be all we need to feel normal again. 

#SmileToSaveTheWorld #PeaceToThePeople

When the Shoppers go Wild

Excuse me human...

It's ok..nothing to see here!( well, actually, this 'Shag' is blind!)..he's just one of the locals doing his daily visit, to his favourite fish & chip shop, in Mangonui, New Zealand.

Just a short walk from the wharf, with no roads to cross (thank goodness).

So.. why not, there's free tasty treats await.

Laugh it Off

Hi There Folks

This is a very good likeness of me laughing, at the very point I accidentally delete my blog entry, you know the one, the very first one back on the blog scene since 2017 and it's gone.

Just like that and it's gone forever.

Tad disappointed with myself but what can I do about it now.!

Move on, thats what...

#smile #laughitoff #nobigdeal

Feeling Grateful

Hi there,
It's me again.

Trina... remember me?

I've been thinking,...why, why did I become a blogger?
It was about sharing my journey, the struggle I have about spelling!, having a tutor every Thursday for two years in my adult life, someone to teach me how to read & write.

I'm happy to report back and tell you, that I am very proud of myself actually, feeling quite chuffed at having the confidence now, not feeling so embarrassed, about making silly mistakes, this doesn't shame me out any more, like it use to.

My G+ family have become such an important part of my life now. I need to tell you all, I am so very grateful. My blog may have changed it's path a little, but the theory in the idea is still very much a progress to open myself up to you and help me over come my fear of failing.

 This page so far has taken me over two hours and is full of nothing, but simply highlighting the work I need to do, to just get this down into words you can read. So blogging was one way, every week, with a lovely, very patient lady, helping me do simple tasks that any kid finds easy and yes, I'm still learning the tasks and will always stay with me, bad habits are hard to break. But here I am, been brave in front of you all to see.

Keep smiling, things will work out in the end :)

     

    


 

Great night for a Swim

They say the weather is going to get rough in the next few days, rain ☔ and thunderstorms are scheduled early in the week, but it's looking great for now, so let's go enjoy the calm before the storm.

Autumn evenings are so peaceful.

People are out and about, soaking up the last bit of heat left in the day, before the sun goes down in my town.

Hope your evening is a restful one.

Let's Start the Day with a Smile

Wouldn't it be great to start our day this way, every day!, if only the weather would be this kind more often, I think I would climb this hill ...almost every day!, leaves' you feeling, what a fabulous start. As the sun is waking us up in such a peaceful way, it makes you have faith, nothing would go wrong.

When the skies are so calm and the water below moves softly across the shoreline, you can't help but feel lucky, lucky enough to simply sit, breath and smile. Life is what you make it, so go live it your way.

Rocks Can Be Fun Too

You know how I said, 'I'm so busy lately'.

I've find something really easy that's relaxing me, check it out...

Weekends can be a great time to relax after a long working week, but what's there to do, that's fun, cheap, and isn't going to wear you out doing it. 
This is what I found on that love/hate thingy called 'Facebook'...(come on, don't judge me, you play on there too, I know.:)

It's all about painting Rocks!





Pretty when coloured in dots

Look at what's been posted up on our group site.
Some new rocks ready to be hidden in the area. Cool.

My Grandson loves his new find. A strawberry rock!.

 

These are pretty too, great idea people have
painting dots, looks easy. 

 

 

Have you ever played Geocaching?.

 Its a hide-in-seek game, that's played all over the world, but here is a new, well it's new to me!. Hide-in-seek little rocks!, that's right, rocks. Hidden all around my home town. Paint away to your heart's content. That's all there is to it. If you know someone on facebook!, get them to take a photo of your beautiful creation and tell everyone roughly where you placed it, so some lucky person can find it. Careful not to put it in a place that will damage plant life or nothing else around it.

  It's all about making someone's day brighter, finding a beautiful master piece. 

Vanish it, so the weather will be kind to it and wait for someone to find it.

 There is a group started here in my home town, called 'Tauranga Rocks', maybe you can start up a group in yours, simply put your groups name on the back of your rock, start to track where they move on to. It's fun for the whole family. Something for the kids and parents to do together on the weekends, who doesn't want to paint a rock! 

 

'You May Have Missed It!

It was 'Wine Day' last week, yes it was...apparently, but it's Okay, I celebrated this for you, with my lovely daughter Emma, who thank goodness, reminded me.


 

Love ❤ is...

To my Grandson Connor

We love ❤ you

 You are everything to us, I wish to tell you, thank you for giving us so much joy, we know you are only 4yrs old right now, but when you are with us, life is simply better. We love when you tell us stories of your day, it's such a delight to see your face, as you tell us how much fun you have playing with your mates. Dancing to music, been your favourite.

 Thank you for reminding us, life can be so much easier if you stop and look at the simple things.

Mums are Forever

Dear Mum,
I miss you dearly.
Your kind and warm heart, your way you have when times were hard, the magic you had, you just knew, no words needed to be spoken before you gave a gentle smile, that look you had that would make things okay. Wishing you are still here with us to talk too. Just to sit and enjoying a cup of tea, lovingly looking at your well kept garden 🏡, you did love your garden. 💐. I'll always remember when you came to visit with freshly picked rose's for me, but that was sometime ago now, as your last few years in a rest home, you didn't enjoy one little bit. We knew Mum, that's when it was our turn to bring a smile to your face, armed with beautiful rose's for you ❤ .
I can't believe its only been a few weeks now, that you have passed away to become an Angel above. May your pain be gone and you are enjoying the company with Dad by your side.
You will always be in my daily thoughts.
Your loving daughter

Trina x❤x

It's All About Timing

It's been a while since I've sat down to talk with you guys, I'm so sorry, but I've some-what got a little busy, you know, working...so very boring really, so I thought, hey, instead of keeping you guys enlightened with my journey of sorts. I thought, lets just take a teeny break from each other and have a big catch up when I return. 
 
This 'Life Changing' Courier Business I've brought, has not gone smoothly as planned, well, to be fair, actually, nobody planned what would follow after signing over to me.

The sweet ride that came with buying this self-employed opportunity, stopped, I mean it just gave up!, after all, I manage over 1,000kms a week in my car and I haven't left town, so I'm not surprised the poor little red car needed to rest.

So off  to the Auctions it went, nobody could fix(gearbox)in that model Toyota in the whole country!. Thank goodness the lovely chap I brought this adventure from gave me the book value to go buy a new car in two days!, yep, I had to have wheels for a courier business, find it tricky walking all those km's by foot. Was time to trade my Holden in and brought a 2014 Mazda3.

And with that said...out with the old and in with the new.
Had my chance you give it a make over, don't know about you guys but I'm wrapped with the new look.
Must be working, I've picked up three more company's since owning it, so that makes 35 in total. Busy Me.
Talk soon xx



We are still waiting for 'Summer'

I'll put the jug on!

We are still holding on to winter here and day-light-saving is here in NZ, I'm getting a little excited.

 It's warming up, so that must mean Summer is knocking at the door!.

Looking forward to seeing all my pretty flowers that like to pop up every year
all by themselves, they're good like that.

It's like a garden of surprises' when you walk around, bulbs are showing their little heads and of course the weeds are pushing there way through too, but that's okay if you start picking at them early enough, bucket in hand.

So now that the weather is warming up and we have more day light to play outside
to get busy with the yard, was such a wet winter, it's time to get into this garden and 
knock arse. Thinking of changing...everything! what you see here... path is going to be a tiled court
yard, like the idea to simply walk out to more clear area for a social entertaining space.

Please, feel free to give me some ideas.

I would love to see some comments on new fresh ideas.

About to change this path!
Good idea or not?



'Life', it's all about change

Yes, change is a good thing!, Right!!

I've shared with a bunch of my close friends, all about a life changing adventure I've gone right ahead and brought!. ( so it's all too damn late to advise me differently now people😝 ) but, have you any idea how scary this is!.

Have you never let go of a long time comfort zone job that you have hold on to since..heck since, FOREVER!.

My day use to be full of  wire/machines/cold concrete floors/poor lighting and bad coffee!.

As from Monday next week, I will be my own boss ( WoopWoop ) zooming around in this little number you see below👇.

Air-Con here I come. Ask me, go on, ask me ," What the hell are you doing, Trina"!.

And I would stare back at you like a ridiculously panicked individual, with that long blanked look, when you see on someone, just before they bust into tears and they say, ' I don't know'.

But wait!, there's a really good side to this crazy move I've made, let me just say, ( I'll say it out loud so I can convince myself, its going to be AMAZING), 'its only when I leave, will they understand I was misunderstood all this time of my talent here, they will realize that after 30+ years of  reliable service, I should have got more recognition looking after this firm and have a mentioned to you, I haven't had a pay-rise for over 8years!'.

 So with that alone, I will be super reliable to myself and the people of Tauranga, will benefit from my loyalty.

Check out my Office!

Sunrise in Paradise

When you have the opportunity to start your morning so early you witness the most beautiful, breath taking moment of your day, it's right then when you realise, its going to be the best day NEVER.

No such thing as a free lunch!

Great day to stop in at the park for lunch with some hot chips and boom, the word was out, it didn't take long before we weren't alone.

Funny how seagulls just know, if you stop in at a park, you will come with food and hang around until you get comfortable at a bench, fold out that parcel and are happy to wait!. 



 You got a spare chip Sir!...

Yum, don't mind if I do!



'this one was so shy'



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Who doesn't love 'Lighthouses'

Manukau Heads Lighthouse

So here I am, at Manukau Heads, Awhitu Peninsula, Auckland NZ.

What a beautiful day to visit this sweet little lighthouse, views for miles, wildlife enjoying the peace and quiet on a picture perfect day.

We spent the best part of an hour looking for land-marks beyond this peninsula. We could identified exactly where the airport was!, that was easy, every two minutes an International Flight would amid straight for us!.

Yep, Auckland City was also out there in the distance.

We had some beautiful Maui Dolphin's swim by, there
was a great viewing platform from the lookout point, they were just enjoying there day like us.

I've got this thing going on, on my face-book page, #FindMeFriday it's fun, it's making me aware of my world around me. My partner reminds me, well, where are we heading to this week for your Fridays Pic, it's making quite an impression on this household, even have my daughters friends ask her, 'what's her Mum up to this week!', kind of cool actually.

Educational for some, remember-able for others. It's great when people comment to my photos and take a guess where I could be. No prize, just be first at getting it right, simply a 'Well Done, Congratulations' from me, try your luck again next week #FindMeFriday. 

Awhitu Peninsula

Look...that's me up there!

Easy hill with few steps to the top, phew!

Worlds rarest marine mammal, the 'Maui Dolphin'

'Conservation Week'

Okay, its 'Conservation Week' in the Bay of Plenty, we are going to finally crack down on these dog owners who, for years have abused signs that have been in place at the Mount Maunganui beach for years. As you can see, clearly, over due!! In respect for the little 'blue penguin' its about damn time.