This week’s small pleasures #443

I’m sitting here feeling awful again – is it the previous bug still hanging around or is it a new … More

This week’s small pleasures #442

Today is the King’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand. The sun has shone all weekend, making the world look … More

With being off sick for most of the week, the small pleasures were mostly to be found at home. As … More

A week that saw the Eurovision Song Contest is a week full of….some good, some bad and some let’s say, … More

On Saturday morning, as I was walking to the bus stop, I spotted these gorgeous bright red berries of a … More

It was a week of wild weather, working out of the office (but at least still in Wellington) and getting … More

The past week seems to have flown by, and today it was back to work after 10 days away from … More

It is Easter Monday, and of course a holiday here. The ex-tropical cyclone (those with Scottish connections will laugh at … More

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. The above quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The … More

As we move to shorter days and our thoughts turn to autumn and the winter ahead, I am reminded that … More