A New Year, hot weather and cold cider

Happy New Year from a Wellington where temperatures reached 28C today. It’s now evening and still hot. Anyway, we had … More

Cee’s Challenge: Week 52

So here we are at the last of Cee’s weekly challenges for 2015. Where has this year gone? Tell how … More

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (or rather a cinema in Edinburgh in 1977), I saw … More

So here we are on Boxing Day, sitting in the sunshine having just Skyped my family in the USA, and … More

If we were having coffee or even a cup of tea, we would be sitting outside in the sunshine. It’s … More

A few of us at Pilates this morning were wondering where the year had gone. Here we are, with Christmas … More

After the awful weather on Friday, the sun returned on Sunday, with a gorgeous day and no wind (at least … More

I honestly cannot believe it is the end of November already. It seems like yesterday we were watching fireworks at … More

It may be Thanksgiving in the USA, but here in New Zealand we are all looking forward to summer and … More

We woke up this morning (Sunday) to pictures on Facebook of a snow covered Copenhagen. As someone who dislikes snow, … More