This week’s small pleasures #357

The weekend news here in New Zealand was dominated by the results of the general election, resulting in a change … More

This week’s small pleasures #356

While the week was full of many small pleasures, from sunny days to spring flowers and good food, I also … More

We have been having a rather stormy spring with strong winds blowing seemingly every day. The sun did come out … More

The clocks have gone forward, the evenings are noticeably lighter and thoughts begin to turn to plans for warmer days. … More

Well, let’s just say it was windy on Saturday night and Sunday morning. In fact, there were gusts of 246kph … More

lt is early Monday evening, and the rain has started to fall. I am exhausted, have no idea where to … More

While spring is here, the tale end of winter can still be seen in the wealth of root vegetables to … More

Phew! We are here, we are settling in and enjoyingthings like the size of the pantry (huge) and the clothes … More

Well, we have begun clearing clutter in earnest and there seems to be never ending stream of things we are … More

Here we are at the end of July already – who can believe it? The mornings are getting brighter, the … More