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A blog about a Scottish woman, who lived in Denmark, and moved to New Zealand

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This week’s small pleasures #86

Here we are again with the small pleasures of the week.  It is back to shorts weather, I am glad … More

art, Barber Shop Chronicles, Betroffenheit, brilliant, Charley Noble, Crystal Pite, Cuba Street, cucumber, dance, dining out, dinner, drama, experience, fish, golden raspberries, Inua Ellams, John Dory, Kidd Pivot, New Zealand Festival, play, raspberries, restaurant, Small Pleasures, Sunday, theatre, Vancouver, Wellington, yarnbombing

Queen Victoria Market

One place you should visit when in Melbourne is Queen Victoria Market.  One half is stalls selling belts, cheap souvenirs, … More

aspargus, crab, deli, fish, food market, goat, kangaroo, market, Melbourne, oysters, potatoes, Queen Victoria Market, sausages, scallops, sea urchins, seafood, vegetables

This week’s small pleasures #63

I’m writing this post from a hotel room in Rotorua, where we gave come for a very mini break, as … More

ballet, dinner, Eating out, Field and Green, fish, flowers, food, lamb, mushrooms, Romeo and Juliet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, vegetarian option, Wellington, Wellington on a Plate, wine

This week’s small pleasures # 55

If you’ve read my last few blog posts, you will know I’ve been on holiday in Fiji for a week. … More

beach, beer, blogs, blue skies, cocktail, coconut, Denarau, dining, evenings, Fiji, fish, flowers, holiday, hotel, palm trees, relaxing, sand, sea, Small Pleasures, sunshine, swimming pool, warm weather, weather, winter break

This week’s small pleasures #50

This week just flew past….where is time going? Autumn is here in all its colourful glory (see my last post), … More

Alexander Ekman, autumn, Balanchine, ballet, cinema, dance, dining, dinner, fish, Jewels, pomegranate, recipe link, restaurant, Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Small Pleasures, Sunday, Wellington

Fish, birds and jellyfish: Vancouver Aquarium

Now, I have a confession to make – I like zoos. They bring out the child in me. I also … More

aquatic life, birds, Canada, dolphins, fish, frogs, jellyfish, otters, vacation, Vancouver, Vancouver Aquarium, wildlife

Six more things we did in Sydney

We were only over in Sydney for a few days, but here are a few more things we managed to … More

art, Australia, Botanic Gardens, city, eating, farewells, fish, flowers, gallery, gastropub, holiday, holidays, Queen Victoria Building, restaurant, shopping, sparkling wine, Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Domain, urban spaces, walking

A Christmas dish: blogmas 11 December

I’m beginning to really regret starting blogmas.  It is hard to come up with a new post every day, never … More

blogmas, Christmas, fish, herring, Janssons Frestelse, potatoes, recipe, sprats, Swedish Christmas

This week’s small pleasures: episode 25

While I have reached my quarter century of small pleasures posts, Mani over at A New Life Wandering has reached … More

afternoon, cats, chocolate, desert, dinner, fish, food, Grace Coddington, Hawke's Bay, perfume, restaurant, scones, seafood, Small Pleasures, tea, wine, winery

Exact art or casual game

Among the headlines in the British press when I woke on Wednesday morning, was the story that BBC Food, a … More

art, BBC Good Food, books, cooking, Delia Smith, favourites, fish, game, Julia Child, Nigel Slater, quotes, recipe books, recipe link, recipes, seafood, The Forest Cantina, Unna Burch, Wellington

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