The days around Christmas and New Year are, if you are on holiday like we are, a chance to go those places that at weekends get forgotten in the piles of ironing, grocery shopping and laundry.
Tag: summer
This year’s travels: 2018 review
January Our trip to Sydney. Penrith, to the west of Sydney, reached 47.3C, the highest temperature recorded by a weather station … More
Six on Saturday
I hope you have all had an excellent Christmas. We did, spending time with friends, eating a lot, having a long Skype chat to family in the US and generally pottering about reading, doing puzzles and forgetting what day it is. I do, however, know it is Saturday, so here I am for the last Six on Saturday for 2018.
Six on Saturday
It is the longest day here, the summer solstice, and time for Six on Saturday. Thanks once again to The Propagator for allowing us … More
Summer eating
When we sit down to eat this time of year, we should toast farmers rather than cooks. They’ve done the … More
This week’s small pleasures #119
This time next week will be Christmas Eve, so there will be no Small Pleasures post as we will be … More
Six on Saturday
Hello from a lovely, warm, sunny Summer Wellington. It is time for Six on Saturday, with thanks once again to The … More
Wordless Wednesday
This week’s Worldess Wednesday takes as its theme the relatively new meadow of wild flowers in the Botanic Gardens that … More
This week’s small pleasures #118
This week’s small pleasures comes to you as Christmas approaches at an ever increasing speed. Anyway, first up is the … More
Six on Saturday
Since last Saturday I have worn shorts, ankle boots and a coat in the rain, and now am back in … More
Thistles and Kiwis 