Hoorah! The sun came out of hiding! It was announced that it has been the worst summer in thirty years,…
February is here!
Who can believe it is February already? I certainly can’t. January was a good month in many ways – a…
Watching, listening, reading: January
So here we are at the end of January already. The summer in New Zealand has not been the greatest,…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would immediately agree not to talk about world affairs.…
Pilates, pizza and pinot
There are a few of us who meet each Friday at work for morning tea. It’s a time to catch…
Come on with the rain, I’ve a smile on my face
I was sitting trying to think of a good title for this third blog post about our excellent, if rather…
To the lighthouse…and beyond…
To say the weather has been mixed this summer is an understatement. We’ve had storms, we’ve had snow on the…
Starting the weekend early
Back in October, on a particularly gloomy day, I booked us a long weekend break over in Greytown over in…
The small things of life are often so much bigger than the great things
It is already Thursday evening in Wellington. The day began with a ‘weather bomb’, with gale force winds and rain,…
The table must not be served with too many good things…
It’s already Sunday evening here in New Zealand, and it’s been a funny week in one way or another –…
Thistles and Kiwis 