With early autumn, comes a new wave of fruits and vegetables. Apples, beans, capsicum (peppers), pears, passion fruit, pumpkin and…
An exhibition, a painting and comfort food
It has been a really wet week here, with lots of rain, even though it is still warm outside. If…
Share Your World: Week 14
I’m a bit late this week with Cee’s Challenge as I was busy yesterday evening, at a pub quiz to…
Wine tasting, a ferry ride and a short trip to South Island
We spent Easter Sunday in quite a different way to usual, by setting off first thing in the morning from…
Easter, eggs and hot cross buns
Easter is a spring festival if ever there was one, and it still seems strange to me to celebrate it…
A stroll, a lunch and a terrine
I’ve just finished lunch, which consisted of the terrine I made yesterday, some sour dough bread, that was still warm…
Good Friday, good morning and a failed plan
We woke up on Good Friday to a lovely sunny, if windy day. I had planned to make today a…
Share Your World: Week 13
So it is time for Cee’s Challenge this week. I started the day with a 7am barre class and ended…
Sunday, sunshine and cricket
Despite what the weather forecast had predicted for today, the sun came out and it was a lovely, sunny day…
Mornings, plums and a bit of a cold
This morning I was a little early for my appointment with the chiropractor, so I walked down to the shore…