Six on Saturday 02.07.22

July is here, the shortest day has come and gone, and today it finally felt like winter this morning. I…

This week’s small pleasures #289

This past week has seen Matariki, Swedish Midsummer and some world events that don’t belong in a small pleasures post.…

Yesterday in New Zealand, Matariki was celebrated for the first time as a national public holiday. Matariki signals the start of…

On a chilly winter Sunday evening, we headed down to Daisy’s restaurant in Thorndon, to celebrate Karl’s birthday a day…

This week seems to have flown past, and before we know it, July will be knocking on our doors offering…

We are just home from the cinema (Maigret starring Gérard Depardieu), so I better get on and get this written…

As we approach the middle of June and the middle of winter (not that long until the the shortest day),…

There has been some atrocious weather as I mentioned on Saturday. With hailstones battering the decking for a short period…

There has been only one topic of conversation this week – yes, you’ve guessed it, the weather. A spectacular thunder…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would naturally be enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea…