What’s on your bookshelf #21

Another month, another look at what has been on my, and other’s bookshelves. The what’s on your bookshelf challenge is hosted by…

This week’s small pleasures #331

What gorgeous weather we have had these past few days – it almost feels like summer has returned. Now that…

After storms earlier this week – including a tornado in Paraparaumu (about 50km away) – we have had lovely still…

Having managed to go a whole week without cooking pasta, I had to remedy the situation. I recently acquired Molly…

Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate! Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays here in New Zealand,…

It’s the long Easter weekend which should mean time to spend out in the garden, and while I did do…

The lush green of summer has turned to yellow, orange and brown, the spice jars are down from the shelf,…

The clocks have gone back, autumn is here, and as they say in the country I grew up in, the…

Goodness know what was going on with the weather this week. On Tuesday afternoon, the temperature dropped by10C within what…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about the extraordinary weather, about the wind, rain…