A day later than usual – it is Tuesday evening here in New Zealand as I type – but here…
Preserving: chutney making on a Sunday afternoon
Sunday morning should be a chance to lie in and start the day slowly. Not so this Sunday as it…
Convenience, for good or bad
This morning as I was dozing, not wanting to get up before the alarm went off, I listened to a…
Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: Week 19
Here we are at week 19 already and some great questions from Cee to answer in this week’s challenge. As…
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 9
A great way to start the week, is to write about the small pleasures of the week that has past. …
If we were drinking coffee…or even a cup of tea
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would be sipping the Pina Colada tea I bought…
Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: week 18
I haven’t done one of these for a couple of months – time to return this week with a Cee’s…
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 8
My diary is full this week with one thing and another, including another trip to Hamilton (which has meant moving…
Watching, listening, reading: April
Time for this month’s round up of what I’ve been watching, listening to and reading. It has been a glorious…
This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 7
Today in New Zealand and Australia it is Anzac Day, the day on which these two nations remember all those…
Thistles and Kiwis 