What’s on my plate: June

It is a horrible day out there…lashings of rain, thunder and even tornadoes up the Kapiti coast to the north … More

Words on Wednesday: reading, watching, listening

I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to believe we are half way through the year already. … More

A winter Wednesday in Wellington…a beautiful sunrise…but a red sky in the morning is shepherds’ warning…and sure enough the rain … More

Well, things are getting back to ‘normal’ here in New Zealand as I mentioned in my post yesterday. Shops are … More

It is the first day of June, the Queen’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand (complete with a 21 gun salute at noon) and also the start of winter.

For part two of my personal highlights of 2019, I’m going to turn to tastes and travels. Whereas travels are … More

It’s been ages since I have done one of these posts, summarising what I have watched, listened to and read … More

Here we are again with another Wordless Wednesday post, this time from the beach. Pictures were all taken in Noumea, … More

It’s the first day of winter…and it is most definitely cooler.

January Our trip to Sydney. Penrith, to the west of Sydney, reached 47.3C, the highest temperature recorded by a weather station … More