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01/02/2026

Full moon things ❤️‍🔥

The lively transformation of Fire, Gathering and the Full Moon.

Nice to sit in the quiet now as the embers burn down and the energy fades away.

Here’s to a wonderful month to come.

What would you wish for . . .

29/01/2026

In case you needed a nudge to be brave and playful enough to go learn something new,

Here’s your nudge

😘

Here’s a little snippet of my walk down Trig in Levin practicing my homework from my Singing Classes.

We learn faster when we’re having fun, so, go have some fun today

🙌🏽

25/01/2026

We’re all just walking each other home xx

24/01/2026

I was fascinated to learn that Hue / Gourd are typically pollinated by the Kūmara Moth, and sometimes bumblebees.

Rather than bees.

Which sent me down a rabbit hole of discovering that Honey Bees were only introduced into NZ in 1839.

Prior to that the Pollinators in our Plant world were Moths, Insects, Lizards, Birds, Native Bees (most of which have a super small territory)

So, our Moth friends do a lot of work at Dawn and Dusk.

And it was nice to learn that there’s a whole team looking after the pollination of our forests.

Natures pretty great at ensuing survival through Diversity hey.

The lil video is the first flower on this years Hue crop. Hopefully we get enough flower s, pollination and long enough growing window this year 🥰

22/01/2026

I’ve been making Visions Boards in the January of each year for quite a few years now.

Each time they look different.

Sometimes they’re magazine pics and words, other times particular things. This year is the first time I’ve painted and hand written the whole thing.

After a few weeks of intentional clearing and seeking direction from myself I settled into my overall theme of the year and a few guidance intentions.

A year of Deepening Connection - held by the pou of Joyfulness, Nourishment, Ritual and Creative Abundance.

I’ve learnt that guiding intentions that connect to my Values hold me in far greater stead than New Years Resolutions.

I then use these to navigate my way through the year.

Wayfinding using my own intuition to guide and calibrate from.

I’ll be starting to host some workshops to do these too. Let me know if you’re keen 💚

21/01/2026

Wholey Moley, I started going to Singing Lessons this year, as a lil treat for myself to learn to work with my Voice. To get to know another part of myself.

And already, it’s far more than I expected. If I’m honest, I don’t really know what I was expecting. I just knew I wanted to have some fun exploring what my unique voice sounds like with a little attention given to it.

Turns out it’s about soooo much more.

It’s about Breath, Posture, Focus, Play, Music, Vocals, Control, Fun, Learning and more.

And all of it is going to improve my presentation style and workshop delivery! Which I absolutely love doing. What a freaking bonus!

Today, among other things, I learnt how to warm up and warm down my voice. Something I could have done with yesterday having MC’d a Workplace event and delivering 8 x 30min Well-being Workshops to 160 people!

That’s a lotta talking! And some care for my voice before and after would have been great!

I’m really looking forward to seeing how the rest of my classes go, and can see this being an ongoing journey for, yah 🥰

20/01/2026

New Moon things 💫

How cool are the light bands coming from the flames in this video 🔥

I love this gentle and powerful monthly New Moon practice.

Writing down things to release, and writing down the things to bring in.

Setting intention for the months ahead.

This time we used Bay Leaves and Eucalyptus leaves for writing / drawing on, and putting into the Fire.

Plus we burnt the plant matter left over from our oil infusions for making Rongoā products throughout the month.

Loving my Fire rituals 💫 and used the new Ritual Firestarters I’ve been making. Adding extra glamour magic into the stages 🥰

What did you get up to for the New Moon this month?

17/01/2026

Come and check out this fab lil wellness festival in Levin today folks.

It’s a lush spot to hang out.

Stalls, Music, Kai, Yoga, Breath and a super relaxed atmosphere

Come say hi 💗

08/01/2026

I’m feeling my way into this ‘Year of the Horse’ energy.

The Year of the Snake was a bit hectic in the transitioning of energy and vision and I’m feeling the need for a gentler and more intentional direction of my energy this year.

The Clydesdale energy has been coming in strongly for me. A prompt to be calm and patient, yet still powerful.

To then learn they’re of Scottish heritage I’m stoked with this as am feeling called to learn into my Celtic / Pagan ancestry to align with my Maori whakapapa.

The other message they bring is the ‘Clydesdale Rule’ that the combination of two or more working together can pull significantly more than the sum of their individual efforts. And I love that. A reminder than when we work collaboratively, we can be more effective than working alone.

So, here’s to a year of gentle and powerful strength.

To bringing people together on aligned kaupapa.

All to Deepen Connection with myself and nature.

To live into a joyful life.

Happy Year of the Horse team. It’s ok to be taking this time to transition into your next year. You dont need to have it all figured out just yet.

What kind of Horse are you feeling reflects your energy / approach for this coming year?

🐎 Jumper - taking bold leaps
🐎 Racehorse - going for it in short bursts and resting
🐎 Dressage - dancing your way through
🐎 Brumby - Wild and free on the Waiouru Plains
🐎 Donkey - bringing the laughs for the squad and getting to places others cant.
🐎 or another I’ve not thought of . . .

I’m sure my Horsey friends will have plenty more personality traits to guide with here ❤️‍🔥

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06/01/2026

The joy of growing my own kai never gets old.

‘Shopping’ in the garden for a feed before dinner.

I love the whakapapa of the kale that’s in the garden at the moment.

I grew it in my garden at Kingfisher Cottage. Having let some go to seed, I had it drying in my greenhouse.

My nephew was playing in there and shook the plants about in the gravel having a fab time. Oops, but oh well.

The following season I had an abundance of kale come up in the path.

Some of which I transplanted into the actual garden bed, hopefully being enjoyed now by the people there.

The rest I brought with me to Kuku and planted in the vege garden at the homestead.

So, thanks to my fascination with letting things go through their life cycle and go to seed, and lil neph playing in the garden, I now get to eat one of my fave green veges several years after planting the first seedlings.

So simple, and joyful. And deeper somehow, in the knowing of the story.

And tasty in a simple bowl of kai that’s some of my favourite eating.

Rice, Sautéed Greens, Kimchi and Lamb Chops

Deeeeericious.

05/01/2026

Those new journal feels 🥰

I love that the blue one happened to last from 4th July to 4th January.

6 months of thoughts. Drawings. Colouring. Downloading. Marking moments. Capturing perspective.

Winter to Summer.

And has been with me almost every day since then. Even on the days I didn’t write in it.

I’m looking forward to reading back through it to see what I can carry forward and what I can leave in the pages.

These pieces that we hold nearby tell us hints of what is important to us.

Anyone else got a journaling practice?

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