This week’s small pleasures #405

As I finish putting this post together, the rain is pouring down. Luckily, we are home with the heat pump … More

Words on Wednesday: lunch at WBC

Regular readers will know that I usually go somewhere for lunch on Wednesdays after Pilates. This week instead of the … More

Kia ora! So the new year begins…and we celebrated by heading up to Auckland for a weekend break. The weather … More

On Tuesday evening, we headed over to Noble Rot Wine Bar for one of their special evenings of wine tasting … More

I grew up watching the sci-fi series Dr Who, and while I had no desire ever to meet Daleks or … More

The clocks have now gone back an hour and we have to finally admit that autumn is here. French classes … More

I got up this morning and thought…hmmm…the days are getting shorter, autumn can’t be far away. But it is still summer, … More

This week’s small pleasures is coming to you earlier this week. Today – at least in New Zealand as I … More

It is hard to believe it is already December, and that it is only 3 weeks until Christmas Eve. Sunday … More

After a not too good start to the week where I was not feeling at my best, I gradually began … More