Spring flowers, hiding cats and a new cook book

This week I have been working mostly at home since I have had a pile of essays to mark. It … More

Swans, snapper and a trip to Auckland part 2

My second day in Auckland began with a thunderstorm. We were woken up in the wee small hours by flashes … More

After last Friday’s earthquake and aftershocks, it was a pretty normal week, though I kept thinking my office was shaking … More

Spring is definitely in the air. It was 16C today and the sun was shining, and as well as our … More

On Friday afternoon we experienced another big earthquake, this time 6.6. We were at work, so I ducked under my … More

It has been a while since I have done a Six Things post, so here we go! The theme is … More

The weekend seemed to fly by, and hard to believe that here we are at Monday again and the start … More

I am sitting on the bean bag in the upstairs living room listening to Rachmaninov and drinking rooibos tea with … More

Well, it was more or less back to normal in terms of work, and catching up on things post quake. … More

It was quite a strange week, what with us not being able to go to work, or at least, not … More