This week’s small pleasures #339

It has been a rather grey and damp King’s Birthday holiday today, and you can really feel a shift to … More

This week’s small pleasures #321

Usually I have an idea of what I want to write about on Mondays when I think about the good … More

This week’s small pleasures #316 or the Hawke’s Bay edition

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More

Time for travel: Wellington to Napier

As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc), … More

This week’s small pleasures #304

It is Monday evening, the sun is shining and I am home for work, welcomed by a very happy Charlie. … More

This week’s small pleasures #276

It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the new year, but here we are at the end of March … More

This week’s small pleasures #260

It is a bit of a grey day today. It has looked like rain all day but none has materialised … More

This week’s small pleasures #254

It is Monday evening and time, as usual, to consider the small pleasures of the week. There were welcome opportunities … More

This week’s small pleasures #233

In a week where the news has been filled with some horrific images and events, it is even more important … More

A weekend trip to Christchurch: getting there

A combination of the Labour Day weekend and a new member of the family to meet (see Monday’s post), saw us pack our bags and head on south to Christchurch