A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
As I sat down to map out blog posts on our recent holiday, I struggled to think how to structure them and what to do in what order. It has taken a bit of work but I have decided to do three more posts after today: one on the Royal Albatross Centre, one on ‘things to do indoors’ and one on street art. Hope you will come along for the journey.
What a week in world news…from a plane crash in Indonesia, to the never ending tales of Covid, to the…
You know what it is like when you go on holiday, you either come back to a garden decimated by…
We are just back today from a short trip down to Dunedin, the ‘Edinburgh of the South’ and the second…
Cities don’t have to be places devoid of native wildlife. In fact, in some cases it can completely flourish there…
This week’s small pleasures come to you from a week which straddled two years. We all have our views on…
Pictures taken: Lady Norwood Rose Garden 28.12.20 You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram@thistleandkiwis. As for…
Happy New Year! Another interesting date this week too, with 0, 1 and 2 forming a nice pattern. Anyway, I…
Normally at this time of year I look back at small pleasures of the year, but somehow it doesn’t seem…
This will be the last small pleasures post of 2020, and also my penultimate post of the year. In the past, I have done a series of highlights of the year, but it just doesn’t feel right at the moment.
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