Wordless Wednesday: The Botanic Gardens at the start of spring

The Botanic Gardens here in Wellington are really looking spring-like. There are daffodils, the first tulips, hyacinths, magnolia and my … More

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. … More

For Wordless Wednesday, here are six random signs, some taken ages ago, some more recently.

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

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would talk about spring, about the changeable weather, about … More

Would you believe it is another wet Saturday? The rain is pouring down, and it is most definitely a day … More

And so here we are again with a round up of the small things that brought pleasure, joy and smiles … More

It’s Friday evening, the skies are grey, it is cold outside, but inside there is the lovely smell of cooking … More

The 100th small pleasures post! Gosh…well, in a week that saw quite a bit of winter sunshine, work trips for … More

We’ve had some pretty awful weather this week – rain and cold southerlies. The sort of weather where you really … More