Connoisseurs of comfort: cats of Kelburn

As those of you who have followed this blog for a while might know, we have had a few visiting … More

Easter weekend: sunshine, wine and lunches

Easter Sunday proved another sunny, early autumn day, and after eggs (both hen and chocolate), we set off as planned … More

The house is full of the smell of baking, the sun is shining, the last of the cicadas are singing … More

It’s Thursday, it’s Easter, there is a long weekend ahead. I can start to eat cheese again (I gave it … More

This weekend saw the CubaDupa street festival, a veritable feast of food, music, dance and performance. Held over two days … More

My Tuesday post is usually a challenge post, and this week I’ve made up my own challenge – to come … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, I would pour you a cup made from tea from … More

So here we are at Week 10 of Cee’s Challenge. We actually had rain today for the first time in … More

Anyone else agree that 2016 seems to be traveling along at great speed? I can’t believe it is already March…before … More

Cee’s Challenge Week 9. Today is the 1st March, and officially the first day of autumn. Certainly, there has been … More