Six on Saturday 02.05.20

It is May already, and the days are growing shorter, the nights longer. It has been such a strange year, … More

Six on Saturday Anzac Day

In New Zealand and Australia it is Anzac Day. But this year there were no dawn services: the first time … More

It is Saturday again, and we are still in our bubbles. The bulb order has yet to be placed, but … More

In contrast to last Saturday, today is gloriously sunny and bright, with blue skies to gladden the heart. I was … More

As I have already mentioned in other posts this week, New Zealand is in a lockdown period for 4 weeks. … More

It is hard to know where to begin really, with all that is happening in the world outside our gardens. … More

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, we enter the Begonia House at the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, where I went … More

It has been a long week…I was at home, getting over the news of my brother’s death last weekend and … More

It is SoS time again and technically the first post in autumn. It is certainly a bit chilly in the … More

Monday has come around again, and time to reflect on this week’s small pleasures. It was not a particularly good … More