Six on Saturday 16.05.20

After a mostly sunny week, with lots of bright blue skies, today is overcast and grey. I did get in … More

Six on Saturday 09.05.20

After a very wet start to the week, sunshine returned, with bright, blue autumn skies returning to cheer up our … More

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

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

How is everyone doing out there? New Zealand is still in lockdown, and we are getting used to living in … More

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

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