This week’s small pleasures #216

A few things have happened this week in the world. The endless wait for the US election results (phew!) came…

Six on Saturday 07.11.20

Here we are in November and heading towards the end of the year and summer. The days have been warmer…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would of course have to talk about world events. We…

Words on Wednesday…reading in October

I love reading but often find it hard to carve out the time. I walk to work, so don’t have a commute on which to read.

This week’s small pleasures #215

Who can believe it is November already? 2020 has been such a strange year we all agree. Forgetting the headlines…

Six on Saturday 31.10.20

My grand plans for getting things done outside this afternoon have been put on hold – it is raining and…

Sunday morning stroll

On Sunday morning, before we headed to the airport and our flight back to Wellington, we took a walk along…

A seat at the table: Twenty Seven Steps

On Saturday evening in Christchurch we headed over to New Regent Street, a really pretty terraced street. The precinct, opened…

Words on Wednesday: Akaroa

On Saturday, the second day of our weekend trip to Christchurch, we drove over to Akaroa, around an hour and…

A weekend trip to Christchurch: getting there

A combination of the Labour Day weekend and a new member of the family to meet (see Monday’s post), saw us pack our bags and head on south to Christchurch