Month: June 2025

My little fleet of spoons embarked on an exploratory voyage – and after a month or so, returned intact. I have to admit, I was relieved to get them back: they look at home in the Boatshed….

It was quite a storm. The coastal wattles (Acacia sophorae) stood firm. Our Shack and Boatshed did not budge. High seas, high winds and high tides made things interesting.

I submitted a humble bid, just for the fun of it – and somehow it slipped under the radar.
Maisaka: View of Imagiri, designed in the 1830’s by Utagawa Hiroshige, is number forty of a famous series  – 53 Stations of the Tokaido. The Tokaido was the more popular of two roads connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto (the other being the Kisokaido).
A hundred or so years later,  a Japanese firm began making high-quality recut prints of Hiroshige and Hokusai originals. The beautiful print below is one of those.
I got lucky….