A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
It is four weeks to go to the holidays! 15 more working days, since I don’t work on Wednesdays, until 3 weeks summer holiday. I can hardly wait. Meantime, it is important to find ways to switch off and relax, from just lying on the bed, eyes closed, listening to the birds or sitting in the garden just staring into space and watching the bees.
It is that time for a round up of recent reading. I made up for a lack of detective fiction last month at least as you will see below, but didn’t read any Japanese books (though I just started one on Thursday morning at least!). A bit of a brief post as rather busy at the moment, but I always make time to read.
It has been a busy week at work, and then I got a really sore throat, meaning I took to my bed on Friday afternoon for a two hour nap. This seemed to do the trick, what with that and a weekend of sunshine. I am counting the days until I finish up for the summer holidays…
Anyway, the days are definitely getting warmer, and there is more sunshine too.
I think I may have mentioned before, but my older brother Sandy (who is 18 years older than me) was…
Is it really only just over 6 weeks until Christmas? Just so hard to believe.
I actually had my normal day off work today, and after my wonderful morning Pilates class, I decided to head…
This week’s small pleasures – sunshine, ballet and seasonal produce.
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
Today is the Labour Day holiday here in New Zealand, so, as is the tradition of such days, the weather is ghastly. As I type this evening, the rain is pouring down, and I dare not even run out for a spot of parsley.
It has been a month since I last did a SoS post, and things out in our little garden have grown with leaps and bounds – including, of course, the weeds.
Thistles and Kiwis 