This week’s small pleasures #424

This week’s small pleasures post is coming to you on Sunday evening as tomorrow I am off for a cataract…

Savour: Salads for all Seasons

It is summer here in the southern hemisphere, though to be frank we have been having a bit of what…

Today is the Wellington Anniversary holiday, and the sun shone – hoorah! We have had a relaxing day, reading, cooking…

Today we drove up the coast to Paraparaumu and went for a walk on the beach. It was wonderful to…

One of the most enjoyable things in life, that many of you will agree with, is curling up with a…

It was hard to go back to work today. Getting on the bus, putting my lunch box in my bag…

If you enjoy good food and wine, Hawke’s Bay is the place to go. There are excellent restaurants, interesting shopping,…

To say we have had mixed weather this summer is an understatement. From lovely warm sunny days in December, so…

So here we are, the first few days of January already gone. The weather has been atrocious most of the…

The first and second of January are public holidays here in New Zealand. Lots of places are closed, things are…