Saturday ended with some positive news, and as life goes on, so too must blogmas for this year. Today, Sunday,…
Blogmas 2017 Day 2
I got some bad news this morning, which has kind of altered what I was going to write today. It…
Blogmas 2017 Day 1
Welcome to Thistles and Kiwis Blogmas 2017! Being in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the summer, so no big…
November’s favourites: watching, listening, reading
Phew! Here we almost at the end of November already, and almost at the end of 2017. I am writing…
This week’s small pleasures #76
So here we are again for a round up of some of the little things that brought pleasure this week.…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea
If we were having a coffee…or even a cup of tea
Strawberries, strawberries
Whilst the northern hemisphere enjoys autumnal feasts and the fruits of the season such as persimmons, apples and pears, we…
This week’s small pleasures #75
So here we are again with a round up of a few small pleasures of the week. I talked about…
The early morning walk: spring edition
The daily walk just now is punctuated by early sunlight shining through the leaves of the trees, of the sounds of birds, and by new sights each day.
Being a tourist in your own city: Thorndon village
When you live somewhere, you often take a lot of things for granted. I sometimes forget how privileged I am to be able to walk to work through the Botanic Gardens and part of Thorndon on my way to work.
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