This week’s small pleasures #309

The sky is blue, the sun is shining and we are being woken each morning with a loud dawn chorus. … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would naturally be enjoying a cup of Earl Grey tea … More

This week’s small pleasures #149

What a week! Travel, having an awful cough and a bit of a cold, going to films on the New Zealand International Film Festival and having our first tastes of Wellington on a Plate…yes, our diaries have been rather full, so all the more important to stop and remember the highlights.

This week’s small pleasures #98

So here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures, which I forgot to post yesterday, … More

A short, tender cakelet

A scone – that simple yet perfect item, essential for morning or afternoon teas. Savoury or sweet, the scone is … More

This week’s small pleasures #62

This week, I had the luxury of two days off work – Wednesday which I wrote about here, and Friday. … More

Scones, scones and yet more scones

This week could have been labelled ‘scone week’. There was a tasty cranberry scone at Floriditas on Cuba Street, a … More

This Week’s Small Pleasures: episode 6

It was a bit of a busy, tired and stressful week, but there were several small pleasures as well. Thanks … More