This week’s small pleasures #479

After a very stormy night, with gale force winds of up to 130km/h, and lots of rain, peace returned for a few short hours, at least allowing us to get home before the heavens opened again.

This week’s small pleasures #477

Can you believe it is February already? January seems to have flown past.

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be enjoying a freshly baked scone along with our tea. You would say how nice, just the thing.

This week’s small pleasures #476

I can’t really believe it is almost the end of January already and only 5 weeks until we head to the other side of the world. Before that, there is a lot going on from the theatre, to a visitor next month to a couple of dinners out.

This week’s small pleasures #474

Today saw us back at work after 3 weeks of holiday. I was wide awake before the alarm went off, caught the earlier of the two buses I normally take to town, and got to the office to spend the first hour catching up and wishing colleagues a happy new year.

This week’s small pleasures #473

As I type this, it is a glorious sunny summer day. We have been blessed with (mostly) good weather so … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting outside enjoying the warmer weather, watching the bees and remarking how good this feels.

Words on Wednesday

I’m writing this on Wednesday evening, NZ time. There is no wind, the skies are clear if getting dark. You wouldn’t know a weather Red Warning is in place for tomorrow, covering the east coast of the South Island, including Christchurch, up to north of Wellington.