Cee’s Challenge: Week 36

Gosh – week 36 already – and spring is here!  Here are my answers to this week’s questions from Cee’s … More

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

It isn’t often that I come out of a dance performance full of joy and with vivid images in my … More

A trip to Auckland: art, ballet and cheese

This weekend, I went up to Auckland to visit friends and to go to see The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s … More

A bird, a rare bird and a celebrity bird

I mentioned in my last post that one of the things I was looking forward to was a visit to … More

Cee’s Challenge: Week 35

It’s Tuesday so it must be time for Cee’s Challenge!  It is the first day of spring down here in … More

Watching, listening and reading: August

To celebrate the start of spring, a new occasional series on what I’ve been watching, listening and reading in the … More

Beer, pies and burgers

Yes, a nice healthy blog post title this time around!  Wellingtonians can probably relate a bit to this given that … More

Sunshine, strolling and Sunday to come

After a grey start to the week, the weather picked up, and as we know, nothing beats Wellington on a … More

Sunday, sunshine and stopping in Greytown

A mini post about the rest our weekend away.  After our visit to Stonehenge Aotearoa, we drove the sort distance … More

Cee’s Challenge: Week 34

Here we are already at Week 34 and another challenge from Cee. Was school easy or difficult for you? How … More