CREATIVE WORKSHOP.                                                                     

On Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th January, I took part in a workshop titled Creativity run by John Cornish at Hutt Art. We worked from 9am. till 4 pm each day.
We explored a lot of different media and learned new techniques. There were six of us at the workshop. Bruce from my Friday group was the only person I knew. Two women had come all the way from Napier.
I came away with lots of ideas for future work. These are some of the pieces I produced.

NEW YEAR AT THE VILLAGE.

On New Year's Eve, I showed two Columbo movies starting at seven o"clock. In between we had supper. Later others joined us when we turned on the TV and watched the fireworks from the Sky Tower in Auckland and counted down to midnight. I was glad to see the back of 2018. It had been a hard year for me with selling the house and moving here and then the repairs being done. Then I had health issues with my eyes and teeth and with a misdiagnosis of ovarian cancer.

At 5pm on New year's Day, we held a barbecue. The Committee, bought the meat and bread and those who came paid $5. Wine was also provided. Jan Fraser's son and daughter in -law came to help and Francie accompanied Nellie. We had 19 people altogether. The weather was very pleasant for sitting outdoors and everyone enjoyed it. The two oldest residents of 90 and 94 years of age were very reluctant to go home.