Another week of spring weather, with stormy moments (125km winds…), rain, sunshine…nothing unusual for this time of year here. Our … More
Author: Thistles and Kiwis
Loves summer, sunshine and cats. Beginner gardener, likes eating, cooking and reading about food
Wordless Wednesdays: Lunches
Well, almost wordless….a bit of information about things I have had for lunch recently working from home. Enjoy! You can … More
This week’s small pleasures #209
It is Monday again, so time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. I worked at home all … More
Six on Saturday 19.09.20
Today the sun is shining, but if you had asked me on Friday morning, I would have given you quite … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sipping tLeafTea’s Earl Grey blue flower and eating … More
Wordless Wednesday
The photographs in this week’s Wordless Wednesday post were all taken on Saturday morning around 08:15am as I walked along … More
This week’s small pleasures #208
Mark Twain said: In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Well, he wasn’t wrong.
Six on Saturday 12.09.20
After a cold week, with lots of rain (including the sort rain that wakes you up at 4am), today was … More
Taking Stock – life at the moment
A couple of days ago I saw over at Deb’s World this idea for a post – taking stock of … More
This week’s small pleasures #207
In all honesty, I struggled a bit this week to find some small pleasures. It was just one of those weeks – bad weather, the cancellation of a foodie event and the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Venus Rising programme due to Level 2 restrictions, and feeling a bit under the weather. But as usual, there were things to bring a smile and to remind us of the good things that are around us.
