Gallery

Portia

2009-07-11T02:37:00.000-07:00

Pink Pom Pom Perfection

2008-03-24T21:57:00.001-07:00

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

2008-03-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

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

2007-12-04T20:25:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-04T20:10:00.001-08:00

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

2007-12-04T19:51:00.000-08:00

Missing Mum while drawing

For my Dad

2007-12-04T19:42:00.000-08:00

My Dad turned 65 last Saturday. He was 36 when I was born. He was the first to see me. He is a photographer. I have always wanted to be like him. When it comes to taking photographs he is the reason for my song. This photo was taken by my husband, Peter.

matatahi

2007-12-04T19:33:00.000-08:00

Matatahi means 'first star'. Peter and I chose this surname because we are a new beginning, a new tribe, we are a new star. My first blog entry is entitled this also because 'delight' is a beginning. A beginning often comes from somewhere specific. 'Delight' comes from my desire to show you (whoever/whatever you are) what I see. I think more importantly I want to show myself what I see and to begin to process the how and the why of my 'seeing'.