A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
It is that time for a round up of recent reading. I made up for a lack of detective fiction last month at least as you will see below, but didn’t read any Japanese books (though I just started one on Thursday morning at least!). A bit of a brief post as rather busy at the moment, but I always make time to read.
It has been a busy week at work, and then I got a really sore throat, meaning I took to my bed on Friday afternoon for a two hour nap. This seemed to do the trick, what with that and a weekend of sunshine. I am counting the days until I finish up for the summer holidays…
Anyway, the days are definitely getting warmer, and there is more sunshine too.
I think I may have mentioned before, but my older brother Sandy (who is 18 years older than me) was … More
Is it really only just over 6 weeks until Christmas? Just so hard to believe.
I actually had my normal day off work today, and after my wonderful morning Pilates class, I decided to head … More
This week’s small pleasures – sunshine, ballet and seasonal produce.
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
Today is the Labour Day holiday here in New Zealand, so, as is the tradition of such days, the weather is ghastly. As I type this evening, the rain is pouring down, and I dare not even run out for a spot of parsley.
It has been a month since I last did a SoS post, and things out in our little garden have grown with leaps and bounds – including, of course, the weeds.
I’m writing this on Wednesday evening, NZ time. There is no wind, the skies are clear if getting dark. You wouldn’t know a weather Red Warning is in place for tomorrow, covering the east coast of the South Island, including Christchurch, up to north of Wellington.
Thistles and Kiwis 