Sunshine on the west coast: a trip to New Plymouth

This being the Labour Day weekend holiday here in New Zealand, we headed off on a short trip over to … More

Sunday: morning, noon and night

I enjoyed writing my last what I did on a Sunday post, so thought I’d do another one. The day … More

I have absolutely no idea where this week has gone – I just can’t believe it is Friday evening already. … More

…we would be sitting outside on the terrace again, and I’d be sipping green tea with jasmine. I would tell … More

Sunday was a lovely, sunny, spring day, and with Karl up early to head over to Canberra, I had the … More

‘After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations’, wrote Oscar Wilde in ‘A Woman of no … More

There are several expressions I can’t stand – one being ‘when life gives you lemons….’. There’s just something so dreadfully … More

And here we are at Cee’s Share Your World Challenge for this week. It really feels like spring here with … More

This weekend was the first in ages that we had nothing in our diaries, so Saturday saw me go to … More

This weekend, I went up to Auckland to visit friends and to go to see The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s … More