For those of us ‘down under’, Christmas marks the start of summer holidays, of long days hopefully in the sun, … More
Tag: Wellington
Blogmas Day 12: The Christmas stocking (part 2)
Last year, I wrote about how one of the biggest thrills of childhood Christmases was the stocking at the end … More
Blogmas Day 11: This week’s small pleasures
With having done a blog post every day this week, picking out particular things as small pleasures that I haven’t … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 4: This week’s small pleasures #77
Actually, today, 4th December, is my Name Day. If you live in a country that celebrates Name Days (eg Poland … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 3: Thorndon Fair
Saturday ended with some positive news, and as life goes on, so too must blogmas for this year. Today, Sunday, … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 1
Welcome to Thistles and Kiwis Blogmas 2017! Being in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the summer, so no big … More
This week’s small pleasures #76
So here we are again for a round up of some of the little things that brought pleasure this week. … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea
If we were having a coffee…or even a cup of tea
The early morning walk: spring edition
The daily walk just now is punctuated by early sunlight shining through the leaves of the trees, of the sounds of birds, and by new sights each day.
Being a tourist in your own city: Thorndon village
When you live somewhere, you often take a lot of things for granted. I sometimes forget how privileged I am to be able to walk to work through the Botanic Gardens and part of Thorndon on my way to work.
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