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A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand

Month: February 2017

Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: 28 February

I haven’t done one of Cee’s Challenges in ages, but thought I would today as I sit outside in glorious … More

Alexander McCall SMith, Barbara Pym, birds, Cee's challenge, cities, ducks, Jenny Joseph, olives, quotes, sparkling wine, summer, Sydney, weather, weekend, Wellington

This week’s small pleasures #41

Looking back at the past week, there were a few things that really stuck out as being small pleasures.  These … More

affirmations, blueberries, bread, breakfast, dates, fruit, ice-cream, jam, motivation, pencils, recipe link, rosewater, scones, Small Pleasures, strawberries, summer, sunshine, vanilla, Wellington

My object all sublime, I will achieve in time

I always carry a paper diary and have never switched to digital calendar keeping except at work.  It is habit … More

date night, dinner, drinks, Gilbert and Sullivan, music, New Zealand Opera, restaurant, roof top bar, Saturday, singing, The Mikado

Watching, listening, reading: February

So here we are at the end of February already.  How time flies….anyway, here is a round up of what … More

BBC, blogs, books, detective fiction, Eurovision Song Contest, film, Gilmore Girls, listening, magazines, Melodifestivalen, music, Netflix, podcasts, radio, reading, series, SVT, Sweden, television, watching

While the sun is bright

I didn’t do a ‘small pleasures’ post this Monday, or one a challenge post either.  Partly because I wasn’t in … More

backyard, blogging, boring, cat, Charlie, green, holidays, nothing, nothing to say, plans, summer, sunshine, Tuesday

Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea

I honestly believe I managed to overdose on tea this week.  Having (another) day off sick with this never ending … More

basil, chipolte, cook book, design, eggs, food, food shopping, fridge, fruit, greengages, memobottle, olives, reading, sausages, tea, tomatoes, water, water bottle

Writing it all down

The other day I stumbled upon a website that generates blog titles.  I was looking for inspiration rather than anything … More

absurdity, blog titles, blogging, cheesecake, cream cheese, hand writing, inspiration, memories, parents, podcast, recipe, recipe books, recipes

A little bit of love

It’s Valentine’s Day, a day for romance, champagne and…cookies.  There was another of our bake sales at work today, where … More

bake sale, baking, biscuits, butter, cookies, February, lemons, recipe, red, thyme, Valentine's Day

This week’s small pleasures # 40

Welcome to the 40th This week’s small pleasures post.  The sun came out on Saturday, as can be seen in … More

blueberries, bowl, bread, breakfast, butter knives, cherries, chia seeds, duck, jam, pepper, pepper mill, pickled cherries, scarf, shopping, spoon, summer, sun

A cup of tea would restore my normality

Despite a great trip to Sydney, a long weekend in the Wairarapa and last weekend’s short trip to Taranaki, this … More

book cafe, book shop, books, cafe, Douglas Adams, green tea, Netflix, rest, rose, sofa, summer, tea

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