Patti Flynn Soapmaker

soap.cats.cookery.travel.books. sometimes all at once.

some photos

a little boy from bangkok, checking out two little northern hilltribe boys….who had been fighting over sweets! we went hysterical when we spotted the “airconditioning” that this innovative driver had installed into his tuktuk in chiang mai! the beautiful reclining buddha at wat po, in bangkok. photos do not do him justice. of course, i [...]

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husband in bangkok, using laptop to phone home: this is the magnificent tiger who posed for us at the dusit zoo in bangkok:

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husband in bangkok, using laptop to phone home: this is the magnificent tiger who posed for us at the dusit zoo in bangkok:

hei-tiki

some images showing the progression of my hei-tiki from greenstone slab to finished piece.pretty amazing stuff!please note the lovely soft polished finish on the tiki….not a high gloss machined finish.this finish was created carefully by hand.o yes, and i am especially fond of the paua eyes on one side and the cross little red wax [...]

hei-tiki

some images showing the progression of my hei-tiki from greenstone slab to finished piece.pretty amazing stuff!please note the lovely soft polished finish on the tiki….not a high gloss machined finish.this finish was created carefully by hand.o yes, and i am especially fond of the paua eyes on one side and the cross little red wax [...]

i wish i’d had a bar of soap handy

we went for a nice motorcycle ride on sunday….down the palmerston highway to innisfail, for a truly terrible lunch at the RSL there.we should know better…..but nothing else was open and we were hungry. we were rewarded with beautiful views and dramatic weather….threatening thunderstorms but never quite getting around to it.we enjoyed all the brooding [...]

i wish i’d had a bar of soap handy

we went for a nice motorcycle ride on sunday….down the palmerston highway to innisfail, for a truly terrible lunch at the RSL there.we should know better…..but nothing else was open and we were hungry. we were rewarded with beautiful views and dramatic weather….threatening thunderstorms but never quite getting around to it.we enjoyed all the brooding [...]

a carful of soap

we had a particularly large quantity of orders to despatch, on this sunny monday morning.this is close to four times our usual daily output and it all had to go to cairns, to save a day of traveling around locally with the courier.the back of the car was very low….so we re-packed about 75 kilos [...]

a carful of soap

we had a particularly large quantity of orders to despatch, on this sunny monday morning.this is close to four times our usual daily output and it all had to go to cairns, to save a day of traveling around locally with the courier.the back of the car was very low….so we re-packed about 75 kilos [...]

cat spoons

these two moggies are getting so big and beautiful.notice the grimy orange marks on pukeko’s white fur….this is from rolling around in the red clay here. i just wandered next door and there they were, all cuddled up together.

cat spoons

these two moggies are getting so big and beautiful.notice the grimy orange marks on pukeko’s white fur….this is from rolling around in the red clay here. i just wandered next door and there they were, all cuddled up together.

bali photos 08/07

in bali, everything comes with a flower and a smile. rice paddies. young rice shoots new shop in jalan hanoman: ayayu bath fizzies! stone guardian at the door of the meditation room. kids playing on the ubud soccer field, after several days of heavy rain. view from our room view from the balcony at indus [...]

bali photos 08/07

in bali, everything comes with a flower and a smile. rice paddies. young rice shoots new shop in jalan hanoman: ayayu bath fizzies! stone guardian at the door of the meditation room. kids playing on the ubud soccer field, after several days of heavy rain. view from our room view from the balcony at indus [...]

long time, no blog

as you can see from the dates, i haven’t been blogging.i’ve been running around bali instead. i spent almost 3 weeks there, in feb/mar and had a very marvellous time.i met up with jen and rebecca from the USA, both of whom i met online a while back.rebecca is a professional photographer and i commissioned [...]

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