Scones, sofa and a wet Sunday

The clocks may have gone forward, heralding spring, but today, Sunday, is grey and very wet. Charlie, our visiting cat, … More

A (mostly) sunny week, champagne and another anniversary

My aim with this blog is to do at least one post a week, sometimes two, but of course there … More

As I said in the last post, this is not a political blog, but since I come from Scotland and … More

One thing you can say about Wellington is that it has no shortage of cafes. They are everywhere. There is … More

This past week seemed to have gone really quickly, and before we knew it, it was the weekend again. We … More

This week has been lovely and sunny in Wellington, until that is today, Friday. Still, it has been lovely to … More

It was back to Cuba Street again on Saturday for yet more Wellington on a Plate treats. Cuba Street is … More

The Wellington on a Plate food festival I mentioned a couple of posts back is designed to showcase food and … More

A few weeks ago at my Pilates class, there was a discussion, in between the stretching and bending, about peanut … More

Winter seems to me to have been much longer this year, but we’ve had a couple of really nice and … More