Only a few days left to Christmas! We are almost ready for our Christmas Eve feast, with just some cleaning … More
Tag: summer
Six on Saturday 18.12.21
It has been a gorgeous, sunny, summer day here, with bright blue skies, buzzing bees…and the sounds of noisy outside … More
Six on Saturday 11.12.21
Two weeks today is Christmas Eve, and by now (Saturday evening) we will be full of food, beer and snaps … More
This week’s small pleasures #233
The past week seems to have drifted by, with sunshine, rain and a little wind, heralding the last days of summer and the start of autumn. I have already seen feijoas for sale.
Six on Saturday 06.03.21
After another pretty humid week, today started with rain, was followed by sun, and is now a bit grey and … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about Friday morning’s offshore earthquakes – a 7.1 at East Cape which was felt across the country (and which woke me up), and a 7.4 and 8.1 in the Kermadec Islands.
Six on Saturday 27.02.21
Greetings from a warm, sunny Wellington, where we are being deafened in the garden by cicadas and some rather loud … More
Wordless Wednesday
Today’s Worldess Wednesday comes from the Magpie Lawn at the Botanic Gardens here in Wellington. You can find Thistles and … More
This week’s small pleasures #231
Another week, another set of small pleasures. There was a visit to the bookshop, some lovely comments from fellow bloggers … More
Six on Saturday 20.02.21
It is another lovely sunny Saturday today. Our terrace gets the sun in the afternoon, and it can be almost too hot to sit outside
Thistles and Kiwis 