This week’s small pleasures #193

It is the first day of June, the Queen’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand (complete with a 21 gun salute at noon) and also the start of winter.

The transition of seasons

Here in the Southern Hemisphere we are transitioning from winter to spring. None of that ‘going back to school’ or end of summer here, but a joy that the days are getting longer and a sense that it is time to make plans.

Six on Saturday 24.08.19

The weather this morning was odd to say the least: rain, sun, rain, sun, rain…and then sun this afternoon. We … More

Six on Saturday 10.08.19

Anyway, here are my Six on Saturday and thanks once again to The Propagator for allowing us to share what is going on in our gardens.

One of those happy dishes…

The other day, I was talking to a colleague about, would you believe, lecturers who had inspired us when we … More

Six on Saturday 03.08.19

Here we are in August already. Where have the days flown? I’ll soon be thinking about spring planting.

This week’s small pleasures #148

I’m about to enter a very busy period, with a mix of work trips, the New Zealand Film Festival and … More

Six on Saturday 27.07.19

After a week away, as we were in Auckland last weekend, there are a few new things to show and … More

Wordless Wednesday: Auckland views

As I mentioned in my last post, we were in Auckland at the weekend, and popped over to Devonport for … More

This week’s small pleasures #147

Here we are again, Monday evening, and a time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. I missed The Propagator’s Six on Saturday this week as we were away for the weekend, but could not resist heading up this post with a photo of another of the miniature daffodils that have flowered and make our terrace look like spring.