More quakes, more shakes and a beef and mustard pie

On Friday afternoon we experienced another big earthquake, this time 6.6.  We were at work, so I ducked under my … More

6 Things: Reading Matter

It has been a while since I have done a Six Things post, so here we go!  The theme is … More

Tastings, tangelos and tasty treats

The weekend seemed to fly by, and hard to believe that here we are at Monday again and the start … More

Wine, beer and tea

I am sitting on the bean bag in the upstairs living room listening to Rachmaninov and drinking rooibos tea with … More

Stomp, sausages and scrambled eggs

Well, it was more or less back to normal in terms of work, and catching up on things post quake.  … More

Sunshine, scenery and friands

It was quite a strange week, what with us not being able to go to work, or at least, not … More

Shakes, quakes and cakes

Well, this post was going to be about what we did at the weekend, but events took over with an … More

A cat, two tuataras and some swans

I came up with the title for this post in the shower this morning, before I experienced my first earthquake … More

A storm, a quiche and a rose

The weekend saw more wild and windy weather here in Wellington, with gale force winds and lots of rain.  I … More

Soup, silver beet and a shepherd’s pie

It’s been a really busy week at work as teaching starts on Monday and there is lot to get ready.  … More