Time for a short holiday

If you read last Thursday’s post, you will have seen that we recently took a short trip up to Napier … More

This week’s small pleasures #196

It was a week in which we had a lot of rain…and I mean a lot of rain. The skies … More

Well, things are getting back to ‘normal’ here in New Zealand as I mentioned in my post yesterday. Shops are … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be celebrating the fact that we are now at … More

At 3pm this afternoon, the Prime Minister announced that New Zealand is moving to Level 1 from midnight tonight. There … More

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, the focus is on trees. To be precise, trees in autumn in the Botanic … More

At 4pm today, the Prime Minister announced a staggered move to alert level 2. Retail, restaurants, cinema (and best of … More

In New Zealand and Australia it is Anzac Day. But this year there were no dawn services: the first time … More

It is autumn, and we have had some lovely sunny days for lovely walks in the Botanic Gardens. Again. I … More

Yes…autumn is here with cooler nights and signs of the season.