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Month: April 2021

Wordless Wednesday: fungi

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, come with me and look at some of the fungi I spotted in Zealandia on … More

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This week’s small pleasures #230

Yesterday, Sunday, was Anzac Day, the day on which New Zealand and Australia remember all those who killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. T

Anzac Day, autumn, bloggers, cabbage, cookbook, Eating out, Monday, mushrooms, Saturday, Small Pleasures, Sunday, walk, Wellington, Zealandia

The weekend coffee share: the café visit

One of life’s pleasures for me, and for many of you out there, is finding a favourite café to sit … More

cafe, Saturday morning, tea, toast, weekend coffee share, Wellington

Six on Saturday 24.04.21

What a glorious sunny autumn day! Bright blue skies, warm sunshine and everything looking happy and cheerful.

autumn, blue skies, dahlias, flowers, gardening, gardens, herbs, herbs in pots, mahonia, nasturtiums, Six on Saturday, tecomanthe speciosa, violas, wild strawberry

Wordless Wednesday: the walk to work

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, all pictures were taken on my walk to work this morning and my walk … More

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This week’s small pleasures #229

In a week that saw the opening of the Trans Tasman bubble, the death at far too early an age … More

autumn, bloggers, blue skies, Botanic Gardens, cafe, eating, Featherston, flowers, food shopping, lunch, pizza, Small Pleasures, toast, Wairarapa, Wellington

The weekend coffee share or the curious case of the cake with no fat

I was browsing Magnus Nilsson’s The Nordic Baking Book the other day, and came across what I thought would be … More

baking, cake, cardamom, Magnus Nilsson, pears, The Nordic Baking Book, weekend coffee share

Six on Saturday 17.04.21

I’m writing this on a sunny Saturday autumn afternoon, which was not what I was expecting. It looked like it would rain today, and it certainly poured down last night, but so far it has been quite a bright day.

autumn, berries, dahlias, flowers, gardening, gardens, herbs, magnolia, seeds, Six on Saturday, tecomanthe speciosa, The Propagator

Wordless Wednesday: Glenorchy

For this week’s Worldless Wednesday, we travel back to our long weekend trip down to Queenstown and our Sunday drive … More

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This week’s small pleasures #228

It is somehow hard to believe it is almost half way through the month already. Easter has come and gone, … More

autumn, Botanic Gardens, cinema, cooking, food, fruit, good things, lilies, restaurant, Small Pleasures, The Beehive, trees, vegetables, Wellington

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