Sunday: morning, noon and night

Sunday was a lovely, sunny, spring day, and with Karl up early to head over to Canberra, I had the … More

An anniversary, a desert and a nice evening

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

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

There are several expressions I can’t stand – one being ‘when life gives you lemons….’. There’s just something so dreadfully … More

I just can’t seem to get rid of this cold. No amount of appropriate liquids, rest, acupuncture, inhalations or even … 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

This weekend, I went up to Auckland to visit friends and to go to see The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s … More

Yes, a nice healthy blog post title this time around! Wellingtonians can probably relate a bit to this given that … More

We are just home from a lovely relaxing weekend over the Rimutaka Hills in Martinborough, where, as regular readers will … More