This week’s small pleasures #434

With the clocks going back this weekend, autumnal days are well and truly here. It hasn’t turned cold yet, but … More

Cobblestones Museum

We took Friday off and drove over the Remutaka Hills for a couple of nights away in Greytown. For some … More

Wednesday, as regular readers will know, is a a non-working day for me. It is a day to catch up, … More

As we move to shorter days and our thoughts turn to autumn and the winter ahead, I am reminded that … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sipping some gorgeous green tea from tLeafT and … More

On Saturday we headed over to Noble Rot Wine Bar on Swan Lane for a sherry long lunch, involving sherry … More

Can you believe we are almost at the end of March? I certainly can’t. The mornings are getting darker, evenings … More

This month’s reading was another varied one – a mix of cosy crime, thriller and one book that will definitely … More

Autumn is here in the Southern Hemisphere, although to be honest, we have had better weather recently than we did … More

It’s Monday evening, dinner has been eaten (wonderful left overs from yesterday’s dinner), the dishwasher has been loaded and the … More