Connoisseurs of comfort: cats of Kelburn

As those of you who have followed this blog for a while might know, we have had a few visiting … More

This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 4

It’s Monday, not usually a day of joy, so a good opportunity to look back at this week’s small pleasures. … More

The New Zealand School of Dance will be 50 years old in 2017, and as part of the fund raising … More

Where has March gone? I can’t believe it is the 29th already. Anyway, here’s what has been keeping me entertained … More

Easter Sunday proved another sunny, early autumn day, and after eggs (both hen and chocolate), we set off as planned … More

The house is full of the smell of baking, the sun is shining, the last of the cicadas are singing … More

It’s Thursday, it’s Easter, there is a long weekend ahead. I can start to eat cheese again (I gave it … More

This weekend saw the CubaDupa street festival, a veritable feast of food, music, dance and performance. Held over two days … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would be sipping t Leaf T’s Earl Grey Blue … More

Temperatures dropped this week and we even saw some rain, much needed mind you. But on Friday, the temperatures shot … More