Yesterday in my Small Pleasures post, I briefly mentioned that last week we had dinner at Noble Rot Wine Bar. … More
Author: Thistles and Kiwis
Loves summer, sunshine and cats. Beginner gardener, likes eating, cooking and reading about food
This week’s small pleasures #226
It is hard to believe it is already half way through January already. Holidays seem far away and the daily … More
Six on Saturday 16.01.21
It has been a lovely sunny week here – of course, because I returned to work and the office on … More
Birds aplenty: the Royal Albatross Centre
I have always been fascinated by albatrosses. With their size, ability to fly long distances and their sometimes comical take-offs … More
Words on Wednesday: Port Chalmers
As I sat down to map out blog posts on our recent holiday, I struggled to think how to structure them and what to do in what order. It has taken a bit of work but I have decided to do three more posts after today: one on the Royal Albatross Centre, one on ‘things to do indoors’ and one on street art. Hope you will come along for the journey.
This week’s small pleasures #225
What a week in world news…from a plane crash in Indonesia, to the never ending tales of Covid, to the … More
Six on Saturday 09.01.20
You know what it is like when you go on holiday, you either come back to a garden decimated by … More
A trip to Dunedin (part one)
We are just back today from a short trip down to Dunedin, the ‘Edinburgh of the South’ and the second … More
Words on Wednesday: Zealandia
Cities don’t have to be places devoid of native wildlife. In fact, in some cases it can completely flourish there … More
This week’s small pleasures #224
This week’s small pleasures come to you from a week which straddled two years. We all have our views on … More
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