Blogmas 2017 Day 22: The Christmas Tree

We put up the Christmas tree on Wednesday, pulling out old favourite decorations like the French little drummer boy I … More

Blogmas 2017 Day 21: Midsummer

It’s the summer solstice, the longest day here in the Southern Hemisphere. It was a beautiful start to the day … More

Quite a few bloggers are doing the Christmas tag from Life With Fernie, so I thought I might have a … More

For those of us ‘down under’, Christmas marks the start of summer holidays, of long days hopefully in the sun, … More

Last year I notice I did a ‘bah humbug’ post, while in an hotel in Auckland. This year’s equivalent is … More

Last year, I wrote about how one of the biggest thrills of childhood Christmases was the stocking at the end … More

So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away. … More

Saturday ended with some positive news, and as life goes on, so too must blogmas for this year. Today, Sunday, … More

I got some bad news this morning, which has kind of altered what I was going to write today. It … More

Welcome to Thistles and Kiwis Blogmas 2017! Being in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the summer, so no big … More