This week’s small pleasures: the Christmas edition

This week’s small pleasures (number 263!) is all about Christmas and what we got up to over Christmas Eve, Christmas … More

A walk on Wednesday

For my last post before Christmas, I’m going to take you on part of my walk today through the Botanic … More

This week’s small pleasures #263

Only a few days left to Christmas! We are almost ready for our Christmas Eve feast, with just some cleaning … More

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.