If we were having coffee…

…we would be sitting outside on the terrace again, and I’d be sipping green tea with jasmine. I would tell … More

Purple, red and green

It is so nice to come home from work, sit outside, put my feet up and catch up on things … More

…I’d be drinking tea. Seriously, I’ve seen quite a few bloggers do this type of post, so I thought I’d … More

Spring is the time of plans and projects so they say (actually, I think it was Tolstoy?), and although part … More

Yesterday, Friday, was our 11th wedding anniversary. It also means it is 11 years since I left Scotland and 2 … More

When we were planning to move to New Zealand, I spent a considerable amount of time looking for a good … More

‘After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations’, wrote Oscar Wilde in ‘A Woman of no … More

Thanks to Facebook, I’ve been reminded that it was exactly three years ago that we first came to Wellington for … More

This weekend was the first in ages that we had nothing in our diaries, so Saturday saw me go to … More

I’m sitting here on Friday evening, sniffing away, having somehow caught a cold now it is spring, even though got … More