It’s Monday again, so time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures, so important to look for in,…
Six on Saturday 21.08.20
What a glorious, sunny day it is today – it really feels like spring. Certainly, the garden is looking spring…
Ten things to do on a staycation, the early spring edition
Like many people who remained fully employed during lockdown, I have not used as much annual leave as I would…
Thoughts on Thursday or a tale of kale salad
When I lived in Scotland, kale was the dark, green leafy vegetable that you bought when there wasn’t much else. It was tough, a bit bitter, and you kind of felt you were eating it because it was good for you (it is full of vitamin C) rather than for enjoyment.
Wordless Wednesday: Ducks
Ducks at the duck pond – pictures taken Friday 14th August and today, Wednesday 19th August when it was raining.
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would, naturally, talk about the weather, about the cold, crisp…
This week’s small pleasures #204
This week’s small pleasures comes to you on the first day of my ‘staycation’. I’m taking a week off work…
Six on Saturday 15.08.20
You may have seen that Covid-19 has ‘returned’ to New Zealand, and that the country is returning to some sort…
Words on Wednesday: the daily walk
I am starting to write this post listening to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield the Director General…
This week’s small pleasures #203
It is Monday again and time to reflect on this week’s small pleasures. There were flowers, there was food, there…
Thistles and Kiwis 