Six on Saturday 21.01.23

It is a lovely sunny day here in Wellington. We escaped the worst of Cyclone Hale which hit the north…

In the kitchen: new cook books

I was lucky enough to receive three new cook books for Christmas, Two of the books are in Swedish, which…

Where have the holidays gone? I can’t believe I am going back to work on Thursday – the past few…

Happy New Year to all SoS’ers out there! Hope you have all had a good start to the year. We…

Knowing we were returning to Napier at the end of December, I got online early and booked a table at…

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but…

As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc),…

It is summer….here are some views in and around Wellington….enjoy…. Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog…

I’m sitting here in the sun on Boxing Day having had a wonderful Christmas and days before with family visiting…

The Christmas tree is such a symbol of this time of year, that it is hard for me at least…