Portia

Pink Pom Pom Perfection

I love going to the Dahlia Show at the Hamilton Gardens. I walk into the Pavilion and am transported to a foreign land where flowers are lollipops and perfection is pink. I don't usually play with still life but I had a wonderful time holding the curtain in my lounge with my big toe to create a backdrop - no black fabric in sight - and trying to display this pink perfection in it's best form.

For Portia when she can't remember

Many of the photos that I love from when I was a kid are the ones where I get to see life before I remember it ie. not the posed family portrait on the couch. This photo captures a very typical Saturday morning or evening when my sister and her kids are visiting Mum and Dad's in Auckland.

Everyone looks terrible and that is what is beautiful.

Italia

Pete and I travelled to Europe Dec '04/Jan'05. We LOVED Italy and these memories are some of the reasons why.

Portia J. Houston

My (wonderful) Mum and I looked after Tiger (my nephew) and Portia (my niece) for a week during the last school holidays. They were delightful and I love them.

Tiger J. Houston

Missing Mum while drawing