A short trip to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Having spent Saturday night watching the election results from New Zealand (enough said…), we recovered by heading out on Sunday … More

Floriade Canberra

Now in its thirtieth year, Floriade is an annual spring event here in Canberra. The first one was held to … More

I love buying flowers, though am a hopeless at arranging them. They bring a lightness and brightness to a room and lift the spirits on a dull day.

This week has been all about food, from burgers to scones (see last two posts here (about scones) and here). … More

I’m writing this post from a hotel room in Rotorua, where we gave come for a very mini break, as … More

This week, I had the luxury of two days off work – Wednesday which I wrote about here, and Friday. … More

Another week, another not very good week, but there were a few small pleasures nevertheless, such as some lovely sunny … More

Time to focus on the little things that makes us smile

This week’s small pleasures include scones, flowers, chocolate and fish cakes.

Here we are at Friday again, another week over. Time seems to be flying by right now, and before we … More