This week’s small pleasures #460

This post is coming to you from a hotel in Auckland. I’m up here for work, going home on Wednesday, … More

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

With being off sick for most of the week, the small pleasures were mostly to be found at home. As … More

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

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be enjoying one of the Anzac biscuits I made … More

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

With the clocks going back this weekend, autumnal days are well and truly here. It hasn’t turned cold yet, but … More

As we move to shorter days and our thoughts turn to autumn and the winter ahead, I am reminded that … More

Can you believe we are almost at the end of March? I certainly can’t. The mornings are getting darker, evenings … More

What a week! I had been to a work meeting in town on Tuesday afternoon, and as I came out … More