The early morning walk: spring edition

The daily walk just now is punctuated by early sunlight shining through the leaves of the trees, of the sounds of birds, and by new sights each day.

This week’s small pleasures #73

So here we are again with a round up of the simple things that brought pleasure this week, which began … More

Another week, another not very good week, but there were a few small pleasures nevertheless, such as some lovely sunny … More

Some of you might well have seen the recent Quality of Life survey as published in the Financial Times (the survey … More

It is horrible feeling under the weather, lacking in energy and preferring the sofa to anywhere else. Anyway, I walked … More

We were only over in Sydney for a few days, but here are a few more things we managed to … More

After lots of food on Christmas Eve, and more food yesterday, it was just as well we took a walk … More

I honestly believe that the past week has been one of the most stressful ever, as you can tell if … More

Well, here we are on Friday evening, the end of another week, a time to breathe and look forward to … More

Today, Monday is a public holiday here in New Zealand, the Labour Day holiday. There is a long gap between … More