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

Six on Saturday 20.03.21

You can really feel we are entering autumn. The mornings are darker and cooler and there is a small, but … More

After another pretty humid week, today started with rain, was followed by sun, and is now a bit grey and … More

Greetings from a warm, sunny Wellington, where we are being deafened in the garden by cicadas and some rather loud … More

It is another lovely sunny Saturday today. Our terrace gets the sun in the afternoon, and it can be almost too hot to sit outside

The hydrangeas in the Botanic Gardens are beginning to fade…but still look as beautiful.

Today is Waitangi Day, the national day of New Zealand. It marks the anniversary of the initial signing of the … More

I was working at home today, and took an afternoon stroll to – yes – the Botanic Gardens again. During … More

It’s been a bit wild, weather wise this week, with some strong winds blowing, causing branches to break off trees … More

It has been a lovely sunny week here – of course, because I returned to work and the office on … More