This week’s small pleasures #185

It is Monday again, and I am determined to keep reminding myself of the small pleasures of the week. And … More

Thoughts on Thursday: autumn

After a rather blustery couple of days, we are back to blue skies and sunshine, but I, on the other hand, am feeling lousy. Nothing more serious than the dull aches, dry throat and desire to sleep off the start of a cold, but enough for me to take a day of work, have both a morning nap and an afternoon nap, and read a book.

Spaces and places: Lower Tory Street, Wellington

Here we are with the first of an occasional series on urban spaces and places, starting with lower Tory Street … More

Cee’s Share Your World Challenge: Week 42

It’s Tuesday evening here in New Zealand, so time to think about Cee’s Challenge for this week. I read the … More

Cee’s Share Your World: week 31

It’s Tuesday evening and so time to think about this week’s Cee’s Share Your World questions, one of the few … More

For The Birds….

I often wonder what New Zealand must have sounded like before man arrived, and imagine an extremely noisy place, with … More