This week’s small pleasures #238

This week’s small pleasures should be subtitled ‘the Auckland edition’ because the focus this week is our weekend trip to Auckland.

This week’s small pleasures #237

Whenever I start writing a small pleasures post, I start with looking at what photos I have taken during the week. Sometimes they inspire, sometimes there isn’t a lot to report. This week there were lots of small pleasures, including three days of holiday.

This week’s small pleasures #236

Today (Monday 7 June) is a public holiday in New Zealand.

This week’s small pleasures #235

Some weeks are better than others, and what with not feeling particularly well at the start, and then some pretty miserable weather at the end, it wasn’t the best week.

This week’s small pleasures #234

I guess you could say this past week has been one of ups and downs. That is of course life, …

This week’s small pleasures #233

In a week where the news has been filled with some horrific images and events, it is even more important …

This week’s small pleasures #232

I always start this post on a Sunday, and to be honest had to really think about what to write …

This week’s small pleasures #231

Here we are in May already, and time for the first small pleasures post of the month. It is autumn …

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 #229

In a week that saw the opening of the Trans Tasman bubble, the death at far too early an age …