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Helen Beech
@beechworks.bsky.social
Artist. Gardener. Educator.
Aotearoa New Zealand
www.helenbeech.com
#aotearoa #artist
Grateful

Work in two excellent galleries
3 day weekend
Gardening
Afternoon walk
Sudden drumming rain
Making things
Good fish pie
Meal set aside for MiL
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Grateful
Rain
Sun
Planted out the last batch of zinnia seedlings
Reading
Sunday bath
Clean sheets night
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Croissant scoffed
Lamb sorted
Tupu planted
Plants watered
Chicken house semi cleaned out
Passion fruit plant sorted and fed( chook poo)
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today
Sample gf croissant
Figure out which lamb is lost
Plant kumara Tupu
Prep to put up swimming pool
Get woodblocks ready for printing on Sunday
Water all the hanging baskets and house plants
Cobwebs
Dream about winning lotto
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Grateful

Athletics
Cold drinks
Pizza
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Grateful

Rechargeable batteries for power tools to power lighting
Frozen meals (homemade)
Generator
Petrol in the lawn mower
Digital library books
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Oh happy day

Sunshine
Singing
Running
10 year KAWAKAWA anniversary
Super dinner
Bubbly
Wandering round the lawn plotting and planning
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hooray today
8 and 9 year olds
Long jump, sprints and high jump
After school duty in the sunshine
Chocolate (dark)
Turning small collagraph prints into cards.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Grateful

Good timing on the car ferry
Sunshine day
Art all day except for long jump
Amazing sculptures by 9 year olds
Long Beach after school
Family Christmas organised
Noel FEILDING as Dick Turpin
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Grateful

Got to stay home all day
Finished washing alpaca fleece
Sunshine
Print Sunday
Hot bath
Get to go to school by boat tomorrow
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Today I’m grateful for….
Slow start morning
Breakfast in the sun
Collecting sheep poo
Library time
Sleepy Kawakawa
Carving for Sunday printday
A good art book
Reading in the afternoon sun
Burnt chops
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Yay today

Paihia Sunshine
Discus lessons
Lovely evening sunshine
BBQ cooked nachos
Power back on
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Yay today

Good day at school
Laughs
Great maths
The way 6,7 is a whole class bonding thing
My friend Ninni swapped me a alpaca fleece for a dozen eggs
Satay chicken
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Grateful

Family chats and calls
Excellent year 7&8s
Waiata Māori
Pork and bean stew
Chocolate and pork crackling
Popcorn with curry and maple syrup
Poppies
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Grateful

Lovely class
Sunshine
Him
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Arty trip to Wharepuke
Nasturtiums battling with the roses
Chat with coder kids
New art plans
Homegrown green tea
Clean sheets night
Still super happy with the show over at No1 Parnell Gallery Rawene
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Grateful

Gallery time
Home
Reading on the couch
Pizza
Prepping boards for tomorrow
Ted Lasso
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Grateful for

Night rain
Drive to work
Capture the flag
Lunch in the sunshine
New painting series
Ted Lasso
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Grateful
Sweet peas and poppies
Herd of lambs
The people here who share their lives the good and bad parts
Peeling all the paint pallets
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Grateful

More sunshine
Joy of kid on balance bike
gliding for the first time
More energy than yesterday
Painting after school
Nasturtium going mad on the side of the chicken house
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Things I was glad for today

Glorious morning
Breakfast in the sunshine
Last nights bbq lamb & onion
Got my ears re-pierced
Time in the library
Husband was stoic about my awful quiche dinner
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Grateful

Planting dahlias
Planting soy beans
Beetroot harvest
Teamwork
Sunshine
Fresh lemons
Asparagus
Home lamb skewers on the bbq
Time to reflect
October 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Grateful

Time at No1 Gallery
Great chats with visitors
Wandering round the garden
Barefoot on grass
Long talk with mum
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Heading to Rawene Hokianga tomorrow to front my feature exhibition.
Excited and nervous.
Proud of my work and how sweet it looks all together. Uncertain of what my day will look like because it’s a new to me gallery.
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM