This week’s small pleasures #210

What a week! We have had storms and we have had sunshine (sometimes both in one day). I received notification … More

This week’s small pleasures #199

I think that we can all agree that some weeks are better than others, and last week was not a … More

It was a week in which we had a lot of rain…and I mean a lot of rain. The skies … More

It is the first day of June, the Queen’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand (complete with a 21 gun salute at noon) and also the start of winter.

At 4pm today, the Prime Minister announced a staggered move to alert level 2. Retail, restaurants, cinema (and best of … More

I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More

Today, Wednesday, I took the day off work, as I was due some time and it seemed like a good … More

Actually, I was tempted to rename this post “This week’s small pleasures: the food edition” because that is what it … More

And so here we are again with a round up of the small things that brought pleasure, joy and smiles … More

I was at Pilates this evening, stretching out my stressed and tight limbs, when I realised I had that scratchy … More