This week’s small pleasures #445

Mānawa maiea te putanga o Matariki.Mānawa maiea te ariki o te rangi.Mānawa maiea te Mātahi o te tau. Celebrate the … More

This week’s small pleasures #444

Well, winter is well and truely here. It has turned chilly, and early on Sunday morning, I spotted a dusting … More

I’m sitting here feeling awful again – is it the previous bug still hanging around or is it a new … More

Today is the King’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand. The sun has shone all weekend, making the world look … More

A week that saw the Eurovision Song Contest is a week full of….some good, some bad and some let’s say, … More

On Saturday morning, as I was walking to the bus stop, I spotted these gorgeous bright red berries of a … More

It was a week of wild weather, working out of the office (but at least still in Wellington) and getting … More

The past week seems to have flown by, and today it was back to work after 10 days away from … More

My ‘normal’ Wednesdays have followed a similar pattern for quite a while. It is my non-working day of the working … More

It is Easter Monday, and of course a holiday here. The ex-tropical cyclone (those with Scottish connections will laugh at … More