Neon Fish Hooks

I'm pretty sure we've been here before. Today's Gratitude Item: Making it to the end of term. I still have stuff to do but at least I have two blissful…

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Clothes Maketh the Man-nequin

This one was inspired by a clothed mannequin spotted on one of my colleagues desks. The quotation means "Let your clothes be made as strong as mangemange which never wears…

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Modern Maori

The pixelation is on purpose. Created to celebrate Waitangi day 2013. "Taonga" can be *very* roughly translated as "treasure". Today's Gratitude Item: That tomorrow is a public holiday :) It…

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Red Moon Rising

The koru and red moon give this one a distinctly "New Zealand" feel. This one is going to be my new wallpaper at work. Today's Gratitude Item: That my dance…

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Sea Breeze

The clip art came first and when the fractal appeared, it was a natural match. Today's Gratitude Item: That a kind soul commented on my "panic" post from last night…

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Hooked Feathers

This is the ultimate combination of traditional fly fishing (with feathers) and a Maori fish-hook. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting new stockings that were surprisingly cheap. Said hosiery is perfect for…

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Calm Koru

Like "Sea Breeze" (which will appear on this blog in due course), the clip art preceded the background. It took a while to create the design. Today's Gratitude Item: Not…

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Together Apart

Was particularly pleased with this one. Lets just say that it came as something of a surprise. Today's Gratitude Item: Its raining. Part of me hopes that it continues tomorrow…

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Fish Hook

If Maori jade carvings were fractals, this is what they might look like. Its surprisingly close to the real thing. As is so often the case, I was not trying…

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Long Journey

This one was inspired by Johnb over at the Fracfan Forum. He kindly shared some parameters which ultimately made this image possible. Today's Gratitude Item: This cool online Latex editor…

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