Weds 6 October

 Today I went out in the van. First to Mairangi Bay Arts to drop off some polystyrene boxes I collected from the New World skip for a school-holiday art project they are running. (They are going to make a pond with these and a tarp filled with water for kids to fish with magnets for trash fish.

 


I have some upcycled jewellery in one of the display cabinets:
Then I went to the Hospice warehouse in Glenfield:
Where I took a photo for you:

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