A seat at the table: Capitol

Seventeen years ago, my husband and I got married at Frederiksberg Rådhus in Denmark. It really doesn’t seem so long … More

Silent Sunday: Tulip Time

Place: Botanic Gardens, Wellington, New Zealand. You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram @thistlesandkiwis. As for … More

With things opening up again at Lockdown Level 2 Delta (as it is known…), we were able to go to … More

So at 4pm the Prime Minister announced that all of New Zealand, except for Auckland, will go down to Level … More

Lockdown hit us here in New Zealand on the 18th August, a day when I was supposed to be heading … More

I’m a day late for the the What’s On My Plate Challenge hosted by TheWidowBadass and Retirement Reflections. No excuse really, other than … More

Wednesday is my non-working day of the week, and I normally go out for lunch, pick up bits of shopping, … More

What a week! Lockdown at Level 4 started at as the clock ticked over into Wednesday, and suddenly we went … More

So here we are again, at lockdown level 4 for the whole of New Zealand for three days, Auckland and … More

Sunday morning, the sun was shining, the sky was blue…and we both got our first Covid-19 vaccinations. Now if that … More