This week’s small pleasures #292

The best thing about this week? Getting out of isolation and slowly, slowly feeling better. Each day I feel a … More

This week’s small pleasures #290

We are now in July, which happens to be my birthday month. When I was a child growing up in … More

This week’s small pleasures #289

This past week has seen Matariki, Swedish Midsummer and some world events that don’t belong in a small pleasures post. … More

This week’s small pleasures #226 or Queenstown weekend part 1

For this week’s small pleasures post, I’m going to take you with me to Queenstown, where we have been for a long weekend break.

This week’s small pleasures #214

This week saw sunshine, spring and a trip to Christchurch. We flew down on Friday morning and back on Sunday, … More

This week’s small pleasures #147

Here we are again, Monday evening, and a time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. I missed The Propagator’s Six on Saturday this week as we were away for the weekend, but could not resist heading up this post with a photo of another of the miniature daffodils that have flowered and make our terrace look like spring.

This week’s small pleasures #130

In the week following the attacks in Christchurch, the media has naturally been focussed on this tragic event. You have … More

This week’s small pleasures #104

So here we are again with this week’s round up of small pleasures. It really is beginning to feel…and look … More

This week’s small pleasures #94

So here we are again, Monday evening New Zealand time, and that moment of the week where we round up … More

This week’s small pleasures #93

I’m writing this on a wet Monday evening, just the sort of day you want to spend just lying on the sofa with a good book or a film, a pot of tea and some hot, buttered toast. Ahh…we can but dream…