I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but my mother was not a cook. She enjoyed food, but not cooking, and…
The Christmas Tree: blogmas 17 December
It’s Saturday, it sunshine and shorts weather, and it’s time to put up the Christmas tree. Even though this is…
6 Christmas songs: blogmas 16 December
Well, here we are, just over a week to go to Christmas! The sun is out, and we came home…
The Christmas letter: blogmas 15 December
Wellington, December 2016 Hi everyone So here we are at another year, and what a year 2016 has been. From…
The Secret Santa: blogmas 14 December
The Secret Santa – a possible minefield or a possible surprising treat. If you don’t know what a Secret Santa…
Lucia: Blogmas 13 December
It’s already 13th December, and Christmas is coming fast. Today in Sweden it is Lucia, a day I did talk…
This week’s small pleasures: blogmas 12 December
It’s Monday evening here in New Zealand, so time for the weekly small pleasures post with a slightly Christmas theme.…
A Christmas dish: blogmas 11 December
I’m beginning to really regret starting blogmas. It is hard to come up with a new post every day, never…
A rather sparkly Christmas: Blogmas 10 December
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a tree, standing in the corner, sparkling and twinkling with the promise of presents underneath. …
Christmas weather: Blogmas 9 December
Phew! It is Friday! I was up in Auckland yesterday and today on a work trip, and am not long…