Wordless Wednesday: fungi

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, come with me and look at some of the fungi I spotted in Zealandia on … More

Birds aplenty: the Royal Albatross Centre

I have always been fascinated by albatrosses. With their size, ability to fly long distances and their sometimes comical take-offs … More

It’s the busiest time of year for me at work, and so it is important for me to think of … More

It is another lovely, sunny day here in Wellington. We did a big food shop this morning, in preparation for … More

This week’s Worldess Wednesday takes as its theme the relatively new meadow of wild flowers in the Botanic Gardens that … More

Hoorah! The sun is shining this Saturday after a very wet week. I think it rained for over 24 hours … More

For those of us ‘down under’, Christmas marks the start of summer holidays, of long days hopefully in the sun, … More

I was at Pilates this evening, stretching out my stressed and tight limbs, when I realised I had that scratchy … More

Having spent Saturday night watching the election results from New Zealand (enough said…), we recovered by heading out on Sunday … More

It is horrible feeling under the weather, lacking in energy and preferring the sofa to anywhere else. Anyway, I walked … More