Little Blue Penguins (Eudyptula minor) – Korora (Maori), Royal Albatross Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand Blue penguins come ashore and head uphill to their burrows at the Royal Albatross Centre in Dunedin, New Zealand. Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) on Wikipedia   This protected nesting site hosts penguin burrows over its hillside expanse. The penguins come ashore each […]

Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) – Korora (Maori), Royal Albatross Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand A small blue penguin finds its burrow and its mate at the Royal Albatross Centre in Dunedin, New Zealand. Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) on Wikipedia   This protected nesting site hosts penguin burrows over its hillside expanse. The penguins come ashore each […]

On our recent (August 2017) trip to New Zealand, we made a special point of visiting Stansborough LTD, maker of fine woolen fabrics used in the costumes for The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. This is slow motion video of one of their turn-of-the-century looms at work. What you […]

A quick timelapse shot on the Wellington Cable Car in Wellington, New Zealand during our recent trip. Wellington Cable Car Info * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out!

A short video at Makara Beach, Wellington, New Zealand in Winter from our trip August 24, 2017-September 1, 2017. Location of Makara Beach Music: “Private Reflection” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) under Create Commons License * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from […]

Storm Timelapse, Los Angeles, California, February 17, 2017 [Video] (2:30) Timelapse of Tuesday’s Storm as it passed through my Los Angeles Garden Music: “Angel Share” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) under Creative Commons License

#3 Making Time for Your Making, Doing and Creating! If you took last week’s entry to heart you have made it easy and frictionless to engage in your creative pursuits by putting your tool, your instrument, your paints, and paintbrushes close at hand so you can easily transition from work to creativity and back again. […]

#2 Make Space and Time for Your Making, Doing and Creating! Listen to this episode One of the most important aspects of increasing your creativity and productivity in 2017 is allowing more space and more time in your life for your creative pursuits. Just like myself, I am sure you experience those days were the […]

On New Year’s Eve, the bubbles in my glass caught my attention.

Our Christmas tradition is to have lasagna for Christmas dinner, due to my wife’s Sicilian heritage. Years ago I learned how to make pasta, so I made a batch of homemade pasta sheets, Rosanne makes the sauce and assembles the lasagna. This is a time lapse of myself, Joseph and Rosanne preparing the pasta. Music: […]