Words on Wednesday (or New Plymouth Part 2)

If you saw Monday’s post, you will see we took a short trip up to New Plymouth after Easter. The … More

This week’s small pleasures #278

It is Monday evening, dinner is in the oven (chicken breasts stuffed with cooked leek, tomatoes, basil and ricotta) and … More

It is autumn here in the Southern Hemisphere, and a time to welcome apples, pears, passion fruit, quince, limes and … More

It has been a beautiful day here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington with blue skies and bright sunshine. There was a … More

It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the new year, but here we are at the end of March … More

It is already the end of March – can you believe it? The gingko tree in the Botanic Gardens is … More

What a lovely warm, sunny day! It feels as if summer hasn’t completely gone away. I’ve been baking rather gardening, … More

You can really feel autumn is here with darker mornings and a slight chill in the air. We have still … More

The sun is shining, the cicadas are singing and the garden is looking a little shaggy in that end of … More

Here we are at the end of May already….hard to believe we are approaching the half-way mark of the year. … More