A long weekend in Melbourne (part 2)

We have lost Internet connection, so using data from my phone and my iPad today, so a brief post for … More

This week’s small pleasures #322 or a long weekend in Melbourne part 1

This week’s small pleasures post comes to you from Melbourne, where we have just spent a lovely long weekend. We … More

Usually I have an idea of what I want to write about on Mondays when I think about the good … 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

It has been another glorious sunny day today with blue skies and sunshine – something that always makes me smile … More

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

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More

I’m sitting here in the sun on Boxing Day having had a wonderful Christmas and days before with family visiting … More

It isn’t long to Christmas now, and our guests from Sweden arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). We are now on holiday from … More