What’s on your bookshelf #14

It is time once again for what’s on my bookshelf, a monthly round up of books read – enjoyed or…

This week’s small pleasures #301

So I came home on Sunday last week, to sunshine, a magnolia in bloom and a cold and empty house.…

Spring has sprung down here, with the bright yellow kōwhai in bloom (unfortunately there isn’t one in the garden), tulips…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would say how nice it was to catch up after…

Can you believe there have now been 300 small pleasures posts – gosh! Well, this week’s edition brings together some…

Last week, I had the joy of going to the VanDusen Botanic Gardens as I have already mentioned. Here are…

Hi! Here I am in Vancouver, enjoying the Northern Hemisphere summer. It has been great to see the sun and…

This week’s small pleasures is coming to you from Vancouver, where I am on a family visit. It is the…

Before I left Wellington on Wednesday (local time), I took these pictures of the daffodils filling up our little space…

We all need a dish that looks exotic and fancy but is, in fact, so simple anyone could make it.…