Arctic Circle Cartoon - Living a Slow Life

My life is fairly slow and low stress in New Zealand, but there is always room for improvement (getting on top of deadlines and not trying to do so much in the garden would help).

Living in New Zealand: Working in the Studio What I Built!

After months of  site preparation; tons of shifting bricks, rubble, concrete and timber; two day’s work with a builder (assembling the horribly-named SheShed) and weeks of finishing off inside and out (including a temporary deck) Sunflower Studio is ready. 

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It's a joy to work in the garden, with views of the harbour, but I have to be careful not to be distracted.

Living in New Zealand: Cartoonists Like Me Need a LOT of Tea

Working from home means being very close to the fridge. To keep myself on track, I distract my stomach with big mugs of tea. I’ve been borrowing the boyf’s Land Rover mug and that couldn’t continue, so the talented Coralie Winn, who works out of the gallery near Spooky Boogie, made me a big mug of my own.

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Now I just have to resist the chocolate.

New Zealand Garden Diary: Rampant Rampicante Squash

The cucumbers planted nearby are still tiny, but the rampicante squash is rambling all over. Tastes pretty good (like a courgette/zucchini) when young, but I’m looking to store the big one.

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