A Friday evening

Well, here we are, Friday evening already. It’s still hot (and a bit humid) here in Wellington, where we have … More

This week’s small pleasures: blogmas 12 December

It’s Monday evening here in New Zealand, so time for the weekly small pleasures post with a slightly Christmas theme. … More

It’s been ages since we last took a weekend trip away, so it was lovely to escape the awful weather … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would naturally talk about the weather, the earthquake and … More

‘Is the spring coming?’ he said. ‘What is it like?’ ‘It is the sun shining on the rain and the … More

I’m sitting here on Friday evening, sniffing away, having somehow caught a cold now it is spring, even though got … More

Last weekend’s bad weather meant a lot of time spent indoors. This meant I got in a cooking and baking … More

Saturday, as I mentioned in my last post, was Anzac Day, and I have to confess that we failed to … More

I’m writing this on Anzac Day, which this year also marks 100 years of the New Zealand and Australian troops … More

This week just seems to have flown by, and as the weekend approaches, we are keeping our fingers crossed that … More