A wee shake, some water and more retro scones

Living in New Zealand, we are lucky, compared to many places in the world, to have access to good, clean … More

Tattoos, ta moko and traditions

I’m going slightly of my usual themes in this post – no scones or cats – but still kind of … More

The weekend is my time for baking, and I had a craving for scones on Sunday. Scones come in all … More

Usually when the weather sees that there is a public holiday on the calendar, it arranges for rain or wind … More

After the windy weather of the past week, the weather has changed today, Saturday, and we had a gloriously sunny … More

Winter seems to be here, starting with a vengeance on Sunday with gale force winds that nearly blew me away … More

I woke up on Saturday morning to near gale force winds, rain and the really sad news about the fire … More

If I was pushed to decide between classical ballet and contemporary dance, I guess I might say contemporary dance, but … More

As I mentioned at the end of the last post, on Saturday night I went to see ‘Grumpy Old Women: … More

After a few days of pretty awful weather, the sun came out again on Friday morning. The autumn flowers are … More