A seat at the table: a taste of Poland

As the month long food festival, Wellington on a Plate, comes to an end, we headed over to one of … More

This week’s small pleasures 506

Despite a message from Air New Zealand on Tuesday morning with a ‘weather warning’, I flew back from Hawke’s Bay … More

This week’s small pleasures 504

Each week I sit down to review the good things that have happened. Sometimes they are really little things like … More

A Place of Peace: Futuna Chapel

Sometimes we can forget that beauty is right there on our doorstep. Hidden away in a corner of the suburb … More

This week’s small pleasures 502

This week was definitely one that improved as it went along, from feeling pretty grotty at the start, to making … More

This week’s small pleasures 500

Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.

This week’s small pleasures 497

We’ve now been back in Wellington for just over a week, and slowly getting back into our normal routines such … More

What’s on your bookshelf: June

So here we are again and time for this month’s round up of recent reading. I seem to have got … More

Words on Wednesday

After two cold days, and very heavy rain on Tuesday, the sun is shining brightly again today, lifting everyone’s spirits. … 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 smile and say this will be or final catch up face to face until June. You say hope you have a good trip.