This week’s small pleasures #284

Phew! Monday evening, work done for the day, dinner has been eaten and now time to get this post out … More

This week’s small pleasures #283

There’s been a lot going on this week: our boiler collapsed so we have no hot water as I mentioned … More

It is May already – can you believe it? Autumn days are here, and it is time to light candles … More

Today is Anzac Day, the national day of remembrance in New Zealand and Australia. Covid restrictions have meant slightly different … More

It’s Easter Monday, and time for a round up of some of this week’s small pleasures. We have had some … More

It is Monday evening, dinner is in the oven (chicken breasts stuffed with cooked leek, tomatoes, basil and ricotta) and … More

Each day I write down three good things that have happened that day. It could be sunshine when sunshine was … More

It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the new year, but here we are at the end of March … More

It is Monday evening again here in Aotearoa, and time for this week’s small pleasures and a time to reflect … More

You can really feel autumn is here with darker mornings and a slight chill in the air. We have still … More