I’m typing this listening to very loud cicadas and looking out on a sunny, summer day, just as I should…
What’s on my bookshelf #19
Another month, another look at what has been on my, and other’s bookshelves. The what’s on your bookshelf challenge is hosted…
A long weekend in Melbourne (part 2)
We have lost Internet connection, so using data from my phone and my iPad today, so a brief post for…
This week’s small pleasures #322 or a long weekend in Melbourne part 1
This week’s small pleasures post comes to you from Melbourne, where we have just spent a lovely long weekend. We…
Wordless Wednesday: dalia
As I won’t be participating in Six on Saturday hosted by Jim over at Garden Ruminations, I thought I’d take…
This week’s small pleasures #321
Usually I have an idea of what I want to write about on Mondays when I think about the good…
Six on Saturday 04.02.23
It is still so humid here in Wellington, with days of still, sticky weather and mostly cloudy skies. Parts of…
What’s on my plate: lamb and feta meatballs
After seeing Ottolenghi in conversation on Friday last week, I had to feature one of his recipes in this months…
This week’s small pleasures #320
No doubt many of you will have seen pictures of the dreadful flooding up north in Auckland. There are red…
Six on Saturday 28.01.23
Everything is looking kind of sad out in the garden just now, even the things that are doing well. It…