It has been a lovely sunny day today, with blue skies all day, lifting sprits and bringing smiles to our … More
Tag: celebration
What’s on your plate: December
A few weeks ago I bought Tilly Pamment’s The Plain Cake Appreciation Society which I mentioned in last month’s book … More
This week’s small pleasures #354
The clocks have gone forward, the evenings are noticeably lighter and thoughts begin to turn to plans for warmer days. … More
This week’s small pleasures #343
The week began with our return to Wellington, a couple of nights in a hotel, then moving back to the … More
This week’s small pleasures #333
It is hard to believe, but it is already 1st May. Autumn is here, the days are definitely getting shorter, … More
This week’s small pleasures #323
What a week…I’ve already mentioned Cyclone Gabrielle and the devastation it caused in Saturday’s post. Thousands are still unaccounted for, … More
This week’s small pleasures #320
No doubt many of you will have seen pictures of the dreadful flooding up north in Auckland. There are red … More
This week’s small pleasures #288
This week seems to have flown past, and before we know it, July will be knocking on our doors offering … More
A seat at the table: Capitol
Seventeen years ago, my husband and I got married at Frederiksberg Rådhus in Denmark. It really doesn’t seem so long … More
This week’s small pleasures #228
Can you believe it is the 1st February already? I certainly can’t. There are lots of things I was going … More