A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
As we approach the shortest day, the weather remains mild here, with day time temperatures up to 16 or 17C, with nights around 12C. With the odd bits of rain as well, things continue to grow well out there. I’ve been able to get out and tidy a bit, but with so many pots now on the terrace, reaching the ones at the back (sorry curry plant and thyme). I really need a reorganisation somehow!
I’m writing this on a sunny Saturday autumn afternoon, which was not what I was expecting. It looked like it would rain today, and it certainly poured down last night, but so far it has been quite a bright day.
You can really feel we are entering the first days of autumn. The mornings are just that bit darker, the … More
Two hundred and twenty two small pleasures posts! Gosh…I have been writing on this themes for quite a while, and … More
Saturday again already – I really don’t know where this week has gone and we seem to be racing through … More
This week, there were definitely a couple of days that made you think ‘winter is really here’. There were some … More
Well, here we are, July already. It is hard to believe we are in the second half of the year. … More
It has been two weeks since I spent any time with the plants around the house, partly due to the … More
Well, things are getting back to ‘normal’ here in New Zealand as I mentioned in my post yesterday. Shops are … More
It seems hard to believe it is nearly the end of May already. It has been such an odd year, … More
