Today’s Worldess Wednesday comes from the Magpie Lawn at the Botanic Gardens here in Wellington. You can find Thistles and … More
Tag: blue skies
This week’s small pleasures #230
I started getting this post together on Sunday, and had to change my planned intro, as at 7pm we heard … More
A seat at the table: Shed 5
For a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, we went to Shed 5 on Thursday evening after my Pilates class. It was a … More
This week’s small pleasures #229
Summer continues, with more sunny days, blue skies…and the odd bits of rain, which is of course great for the … More
A walk on Wednesday
I was working at home today, and took an afternoon stroll to – yes – the Botanic Gardens again. During … More
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!
Birds aplenty: the Royal Albatross Centre
I have always been fascinated by albatrosses. With their size, ability to fly long distances and their sometimes comical take-offs … More
This week’s small pleasures #225
What a week in world news…from a plane crash in Indonesia, to the never ending tales of Covid, to the … More
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 #224
This week’s small pleasures come to you from a week which straddled two years. We all have our views on … More