I’m sitting here in the sun on Boxing Day having had a wonderful Christmas and days before with family visiting … More
Tag: Zealandia
Wordless Wednesday: fungi
For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, come with me and look at some of the fungi I spotted in Zealandia on … More
This week’s small pleasures #230
Yesterday, Sunday, was Anzac Day, the day on which New Zealand and Australia remember all those who killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. T
This week’s small pleasures #227
This week’s small pleasures comes to you on the Wellington Anniversary holiday. What a treat it is to have a long weekend like this during the summer after being back at work for two weeks!
Words on Wednesday: Zealandia
Cities don’t have to be places devoid of native wildlife. In fact, in some cases it can completely flourish there … More
This week’s small pleasures #172
And so here we are with the last small pleasures post of 2020. I’m on holiday, which is a small … More
This week’s small pleasures #152
I can’t believe it is Monday again…and time to stop and pause and think about the small pleasures of the … More
Wordless Wednesday: Signs
For Wordless Wednesday, here are six random signs, some taken ages ago, some more recently.
In Wildness is the preservation of the World
The days around Christmas and New Year are, if you are on holiday like we are, a chance to go those places that at weekends get forgotten in the piles of ironing, grocery shopping and laundry.
The best place to live
Some of you might well have seen the recent Quality of Life survey as published in the Financial Times (the survey … More
Thistles and Kiwis 