The end of the week…the start of the weekend

Well….just let me say I am glad it is Friday….time to have pizza delivered and open a bottle of wine. …

So that was the week…a film, a conversation and a full diary

There was no time to blog, read much or catch up with things this week. It was one of those …

Thoughts on Thursday

We are still on holiday, taking extra days to enjoy the summer. Many people went back to work today, some …

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.

Christmas comes but once a year…

I’m sure like me you struggle to remember what day of the week it is at this time of year. …

This week’s small pleasures #119

This time next week will be Christmas Eve, so there will be no Small Pleasures post as we will be …

Wordless Wednesday: Thorndon Fair

Sunday saw us head down to the annual Thorndon Fair, held the first Sunday of December, just in time for …

This week’s small pleasures #116

It is Monday evening here, and it has been raining all day.  It hasn’t been cold, just wet, and I …

That was the week…that was…

So it is Friday evening here, a week with heavy rain and sunshine (and in the same day), a week that was busy at work, a week in which Karl ate a halloumi and mushroom burger (and good it was too) and a week in which I binged listened to Australian true crime podcast Teacher’s Pet.

This week’s small pleasures #115

Here we are again with my weekly roundup of small pleasures.  There is quite a variety this week, so let’s …