A wet Friday, the last day of winter

It is Friday and the last day of winter. And it has been raining. I’ve talked a lot about spring … More

This week’s small pleasures #106

So here we are, and another week of small pleasures, some of which I talked about in my last post…which … More

A time for comfort

As winter draws to a close here in the Southern Hemisphere, with, as I have already reported, many signs of … More

This week’s small pleasures #105

So here we are again, with this week’s small pleasures…spring is in the air, Wellington on a Plate is in … More

Perfect day

I firmly believe that as we get older, instead of forgetting our birthdays, we should continue to celebrate. No longer, … More

A winter’s day

We’ve had some pretty awful weather this week – rain and cold southerlies. The sort of weather where you really … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

It’s been a couple of months since I did one of these posts, and having just read Don’t Give A … More

This week’s small pleasures #94

So here we are again, Monday evening New Zealand time, and that moment of the week where we round up … More

A Saturday in Autumn

After a wet and wild night, the weather turned to autumn sunshine, much to Charlie’s delight, as he had been … More

This week’s small pleasures #93

I’m writing this on a wet Monday evening, just the sort of day you want to spend just lying on the sofa with a good book or a film, a pot of tea and some hot, buttered toast. Ahh…we can but dream…