It is the Queen’s Birthday holiday here today, so having a day of pottering around and relaxing. Actually, the first…
6 things in the garden in winter
As May draws to and end today, winter is here, though for me coming from northern Europe, walking about in…
Food, Wine and a visitor from Auckland
The weekend seemed to come around really quickly this week, and before I knew it my friend Tamsin was visiting…
Eurovision, buckets of paint and autumn flowers
As you might guess from the title of this post, this has been a very mixed week of all sorts…
6 things to enjoy in autumn
Autumn is here, though I have to say coming from northern Europe, the autumn so far not has not been…
Chutney, sausages…and a little taste of Sweden
Autumn is definitely here. We have had quite a bit of rain this week, as well as a fair bit…
Sunshine, showers and monkfish
Believe it or not, I am sitting writing this sitting outside in glorious sunshine. I say believe it or not…
Poppies, sausages and tasting faijoas
I have spent a lot of time this week marking essays, which has meant that I have been at home…
Rugby, rain and still more boxes
We haven’t just been unpacking boxes, even though it might feel like it at times. Going to work, pilates, going…
Boxes, boxes everywhere….
It has been a couple of weeks since I wrote in the blog, mostly as we had our stuff from…
Thistles and Kiwis 