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

Matariki

Today in New Zealand we are celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year. A movable feast, it marks the appearance of … More

So we are now in week 28, well over the half way mark of the year. This Friday, 10 July, … More

If we were having coffeee…or even a cup of tea…we would, naturally, talk about the weather. About the storm on … More

One thing that has not been a small pleasure this week has been the weather. On Friday, it rained, there … More

I’m not sure where this week has gone…what seemed like piles of laundry got done, but I have not finished … More

When I saw the theme of August’s Cook Book Club – the country where you live – I got out … More

We are now well into the second half of the year and one wonders where the days have gone. Maybe … More

I was last here with a SoS post back in April, but with signs of spring in the middle of … More

When I saw the cook book challenge for July, Italy, I was both delighted and wondering how on earth I … More