Where has the year gone ??!! October already and counting down to Christmas. Has been a busy few months since my last update. At the end of July I had the Affordable Arts Show in Wellington, then a week later we travelled up to Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth for 6 wet-plate demos over 2 days. My darkroom wagon is still at the museum, being part of the "Fixated" exhibition, and will be there until November. Also there, is a camera obscura which I built for the exhibition and subsequently donated to the museum. We will again make the trip to N.Plymouth on the weekend of the 17th - 18th October for 2 more demos before the exhibition ends late Oct. If you haven't seen "Fixated" then you're missing a treat. Lots of interesting material there including 2 of the few known NZ daguerreotypes. Well laid out, informative and a tribute to the team at Puki Ariki. Workwise at Park Road, things are a bit slow at present but lots on the horizon. The house in Waitangi Road continues to occupy most weekends and still has a way to go to completion. Wayne Pierce, The Company Photographer, San Diego CA, has just been for a visit as well. A whirlwind trip with him and my son Ant travelling up to Taranaki and on through the Forgotten Highway to Taumaranui and Taupo. Rained most of the 3 days we were on the road and Wayne has now been renamed Rain !! All in all a good trip even if a little wet. A trip to the Wairarapa and a few hours around Wellington finished off his NZ experience.