This week’s small pleasures #325

What with one thing and another, the week was one of highs and lows: hearing from friends I hadn’t heard … More

This week’s small pleasures #324

Here we are at the end of February already, and what a month it has been for New Zealand with … More

What a week…I’ve already mentioned Cyclone Gabrielle and the devastation it caused in Saturday’s post. Thousands are still unaccounted for, … More

No doubt many of you will have seen pictures of the dreadful flooding up north in Auckland. There are red … More

Today is the Wellington Anniversary Holiday and it kind of marks the end of holidays and the start of the … More

Where have the holidays gone? I can’t believe I am going back to work on Thursday – the past few … More

Gosh what a week it has been…personally and globally. It is hard to know where to start. So, I will … More

This week’s Wordless Wednesday features visitors to the garden this evening enjoying the bee balm bergamot. The leaves and blooms … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting outside enjoying the summer weather. We would … More

So here we are again, Monday evening New Zealand time, and that moment of the week where we round up … More