This week’s small pleasures #317

Where have the holidays gone? I can’t believe I am going back to work on Thursday – the past few … More

This week’s small pleasures #316 or the Hawke’s Bay edition

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More

I’m sitting here in the sun on Boxing Day having had a wonderful Christmas and days before with family visiting … More

It isn’t long to Christmas now, and our guests from Sweden arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). We are now on holiday from … More

What a glorious sunny summer day it has been! Unfortunately I was at work, but am at least enjoying the … More

Summer is here – and so far we have had a fair bit of sunshine, and certainly warmer temperatures. The … More

Yesterday, Sunday, was the first Sunday in Advent, and we got out our candles and lit the first one to … More

Can you believe it is just under 5 weeks until Christmas? There are so many things going on right now … More

The sky is blue, the sun is shining and we are being woken each morning with a loud dawn chorus. … More

It has been a busy week, but one full of lots of small pleasures of all sorts. The weather really … More