More sausages, more crumble and other good things

As my husband pointed out to me a few moments ago, this blog was going to be about our new … More

Eurovision, buckets of paint and autumn flowers

As you might guess from the title of this post, this has been a very mixed week of all sorts … More

Autumn is here, though I have to say coming from northern Europe, the autumn so far not has not been … More

Believe it or not, I am sitting writing this sitting outside in glorious sunshine. I say believe it or not … More

I have spent a lot of time this week marking essays, which has meant that I have been at home … More

We haven’t just been unpacking boxes, even though it might feel like it at times. Going to work, pilates, going … More

It has been a couple of weeks since I wrote in the blog, mostly as we had our stuff from … More

I was going to call this post ‘backs, teeth and eyes’ but decided that sounded a bit too, well, clinical … More

Well, the whole of North Island has now officially been declared a drought area, so no watering of plants and … More

I started the day on Saturday by going to the Underground Market, held every Saturday on Jervois Quay. It is … More