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

Six on Saturday 27.11.21

Here we are at the end of November already, and in four weeks time we will be celebrating Christmas Eve … More

It has been a week with lots of sunshine, some wind and some rain…and a lot of growth in the … More

Greetings from a rather grey and damp Wellington today. A good Scots word to describe the weather is ‘dreich’ – … More

It is November already…the days are getting longer and brighter and it really feels like we are heading into summer. … More

Peony season is here… You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram @thistlesandkiwis. As for Twitter….am totally … More

This week’s small pleasures comes to you on the Labour Day holiday, which also kind of heralds the start of … More

The weather is definitely getting warmer, you can really feel it in the air. Everything is growing apace, especially weeds. … More

There seems to be a theme amongst events on here right now: armchair travel. Like many people in New Zealand, … More

Where has time gone this year? It is only 10 weeks to Christmas and so only a bit less time … More