This week’s small pleasures #241

There are some weeks that are full of small pleasures, there are some where you have to look for them. … More

Six on Saturday 10.07.21

June 2021 was the hottest on record here in New Zealand. The average temperature for the month was 2C above … More

What’s on my plate? Spiced apple cake

Nothing is better than the small of baking filling the air on a winter’s day. With the excuse that it … More

This week’s small pleasures #240

This week began cold and wet, and ended sunny and bright – still chilly, but the sort of weather a … More

A seat at the table: Noble Rot Wine Bar

It is time for another post in the occasional series about eating out. It was my birthday on Saturday as … More

Six on Saturday 03.07.21

Hello from a what has been lovely, sunny Wellington and on my birthday too! Yes, another year has gone by since the last one. Can I also suggest you look at the date? 3 x 7 = 21. How about that? Or is it just me that thought about it?

Words on Wednesday: reading, watching, listening

I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to believe we are half way through the year already. … More

This week’s small pleasures #239

In a week that saw Wellington go back up to Covid Alert Level 2 (extended on Sunday for another 48 hours), closure of the Trans Tasman bubble for a few days, and lots of rain, it has been even more important to think about the small pleasures in life.

Six on Saturday 26.06.21

Oh what a miserable, grey and wet day it is here! Not a day to be out and gardening, or even taking photos for the blog. At least we heard there were no more community cases of Covid-19 after last week’s scare. Keep you fingers crossed for us that it stays like that!

Wednesday in Wellington

A man flew from Sydney to Wellington on Friday evening, local time. He went to his hotel, enjoyed breakfast at a cafe in town, lunch at another one, visited exhibitions, went shopping, enjoyed a drink in a bar. After returning to Sydney on Monday morning, he went for a Covid-19 test which returned positive (he had had his first dose of vaccine).