We all experience good days and bad days, days where all goes well or we just feel content and days…
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 5
Here we are on Monday evening and a time to reflect upon this week’s small pleasures. Thanks to A New…
Sun, sea and stunning scenery: a weekend mini break in Nelson
Friday saw me heading over to Nelson, in the north of the South Island, for a work trip. Very convenient,…
Connoisseurs of comfort: cats of Kelburn
As those of you who have followed this blog for a while might know, we have had a few visiting…
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 4
It’s Monday, not usually a day of joy, so a good opportunity to look back at this week’s small pleasures.…
Tea, cake and canapés
The New Zealand School of Dance will be 50 years old in 2017, and as part of the fund raising…
Watching, listening, reading: March
Where has March gone? I can’t believe it is the 29th already. Anyway, here’s what has been keeping me entertained…
Easter weekend: sunshine, wine and lunches
Easter Sunday proved another sunny, early autumn day, and after eggs (both hen and chocolate), we set off as planned…
Six things on a Saturday
The house is full of the smell of baking, the sun is shining, the last of the cicadas are singing…
This Week’s Small Pleasures (episode 3)
It’s Thursday, it’s Easter, there is a long weekend ahead. I can start to eat cheese again (I gave it…