The Betrayal

Maybe you have to like cartoons to like the Betrayal. I posted it because my early audience seem to be … More

Buzzy Bee – on a mission

Buzzy Bee is an iconic toy many Kiwis had as a child. When you tow it, it whirs and the … More

Shackleton’s 1914 mission to the Antarctic, with his crushed ship, smallboat journeys to Elephant Island and South Georgia, and crossing … More

This is Pompini, who was named by/for Raffaele, a rich, lazy and funny Italian we met on a kibbutz in … More

This is Johnny Ratten, the punk rat. He’s 1.5m tall. His stance is based on a Billy Idol photo and … More

This is Badger. He’s 1.2m tall and is a professor (even if not, he is certainly professing). Hes made of … More

My first stone sculpture. I enjoy working with Oamaru (lime) stone. Any (hand or power) tool in the shed will … More

This (railway) switchbox and its twin sat at Paekakariki, just north of Porirua, in increasing ruin for years. One was … More

Life must have become much easier when the Penguin family got their first washing machine. From my monochromatic blue penguin … More

Dont mess with the toucan! He’s just got to be Cuban given the car, even if its shortened from the … More