Wordless Wednesday: Ducks

Ducks at the duck pond – pictures taken Friday 14th August and today, Wednesday 19th August when it was raining.

Wordless Wednesday: Waterlilies

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, let’s visit the Begonia House in Wellington Botanic Gardens and look at the waterlilies. You … More

This week’s small pleasures #149

What a week! Travel, having an awful cough and a bit of a cold, going to films on the New Zealand International Film Festival and having our first tastes of Wellington on a Plate…yes, our diaries have been rather full, so all the more important to stop and remember the highlights.

Six on Saturday: Botanic Gardens in Autumn

I’m cheating a bit this week. I was travelling again for work at the start of the week, and today, … More

So that was the week…a film, a conversation and a full diary

There was no time to blog, read much or catch up with things this week. It was one of those … More

Wordless Wednesday

This week’s Worldess Wednesday takes as its theme the relatively new meadow of wild flowers in the Botanic Gardens that … More

Lady Norwood Rose Garden in November

One of the nicest places to spend a little time in is the Lady Norwood Rose Garden, part of the … More

Six on a Saturday

Well I have to confess that most of these pictures were taken on Friday, as, as predicted, it is raining, … More