This week’s small pleasures #210

What a week! We have had storms and we have had sunshine (sometimes both in one day). I received notification … More

Taking Stock – life at the moment

A couple of days ago I saw over at Deb’s World this idea for a post – taking stock of … More

I used to do a summary of what I had been reading, watching and listening to at the end of … More

Like many people who remained fully employed during lockdown, I have not used as much annual leave as I would … More

This week’s small pleasures comes to you on the first day of my ‘staycation’. I’m taking a week off work … More

It is Thursday. It is ‘lille fredag’ – little Friday. Pizza has been delivered and consumed. Time to think of … More

It was a week in which we had a lot of rain…and I mean a lot of rain. The skies … 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.

I didn’t get my usual Wednesday post done yesterday. I was tired and not in a particularly good temper so … More

I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More