Here we are again with another round up of what I have been reading this past month. It was a…
Cook Book Club: February
As regular readers may know, we are soon off (10 days!) on a bit of an adventure to Hamburg and…
This week’s small pleasures #479
After a very stormy night, with gale force winds of up to 130km/h, and lots of rain, peace returned for a few short hours, at least allowing us to get home before the heavens opened again.
A seat at the table: WBC
On Thursday evening, we set out to have a sort of pre-Valentine’s Day dinner at WBC, a wonderful little restaurant…
This week’s small pleasures #478
It seems summer has returned. The shorts and dresses have come back out, hats found and sunglasses dusted. Meanwhile, it is only 3 weeks until we go to Hamburg where I believe it is 0C at the moment and more snow expected. No comment necessary!
A walk on Waitangi Day
Today is Waitangi Day in New Zealand, the national day and the anniversary of the signing initial signing on 6 February 1840 of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British crown and the Māori chiefs and is regarded as the founding document of the country. The day was first celebrated in 1934 and became a public holiday in 1974.
The sun was shining, with summer having returned for now at least, so we headed over to Zealandia, the wonderful urban sanctuary in Wellington.
This week’s small pleasures #477
Can you believe it is February already? January seems to have flown past.
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be enjoying a freshly baked scone along with our tea. You would say how nice, just the thing.
This week’s small pleasures #476
I can’t really believe it is almost the end of January already and only 5 weeks until we head to the other side of the world. Before that, there is a lot going on from the theatre, to a visitor next month to a couple of dinners out.
Cook Book Club: January
When I saw Jo’s cookbook challenge for January – Scandinavian summer – my mind turned to Swedish midsummer, to strawberries…
Thistles and Kiwis 