A sherry long lunch

On Saturday we headed over to Noble Rot Wine Bar on Swan Lane for a sherry long lunch, involving sherry … More

This week’s small pleasures #432

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

Wednesday dawned, and as usual, we were woken before the alarm by the call of the kākā. With it being … More

The sun shone today, which always lifts the spirits. We have had such a lousy summer, that any glimmer of … More

This week’s small pleasures post is coming to you on Sunday evening as tomorrow I am off for a cataract … More

Today is the Wellington Anniversary holiday, and the sun shone – hoorah! We have had a relaxing day, reading, cooking … More

If you enjoy good food and wine, Hawke’s Bay is the place to go. There are excellent restaurants, interesting shopping, … More

To say we have had mixed weather this summer is an understatement. From lovely warm sunny days in December, so … More

So here we are, the first few days of January already gone. The weather has been atrocious most of the … More