Virtual afternoon tea, December 2020

Fellow New Zealand blogger Zimmerbitch hosts a virtual tea party each month, where we can all get together virtually and … More

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

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sipping tLeafTea’s Earl Grey blue flower and eating … More

Where to begin this week’s small pleasures, when today our Prime Minister announced that New Zealand would go into a … More

This past week saw me travel to Hawke’s Bay, eat some good food, enjoy some sunshine and spend a lot … More

The week seems to have flown by, and here we are again for a round of this week’s small pleasures. … More

Whilst the northern hemisphere enjoys autumnal feasts and the fruits of the season such as persimmons, apples and pears, we … More

Now I am one of those people who finds baking relaxing.

We are really in the middle of winter now. Snow is due to fall in the South Island, though it … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, I would tell you how I have kind of lost … More

I woke up on Anzac Day feeling kind of miserable. Still under the weather and feeling sorry for myself, I … More