Watching, listening reading: November

Here we are at the end of November, coming towards the end of spring, though the weather is still rather … More

Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: Week 48

It’s Tuesday evening here in New Zealand so time for Cee’s Share Your World Challenge for this week. Do you … More

This week’s small pleasures: week 34

And so here we are at another round of this week’s small pleasures, a day early as tomorrow I know … More

Time spent…

If stress levels weren’t already running high enough what with one thing and another, poor Charlie fell sick this week.  … More

Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: Week 47

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done one of Cee’s Share Your World Challenge.  Things have been so busy, … More

This week’s small pleasures: week 33

I honestly believe that the past week has been one of the most stressful ever, as you can tell if … More

Keep calm…and bake scones

What does one do at the end of a week of saying goodbye, traveling for work and experiencing earthquakes?  Well, … More

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 talking about the earthquakes, about where we … More

Earthquakes in New Zealand

I had started this post, yesterday, Sunday, but New Zealand has been hit by a series of earthquake so don’t … More

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play

I’m sitting here with a large pot of Earl Grey Blue Flowers tea staring out at the rain which seems … More