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Thistles and Kiwis

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

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Six on Saturday

I so enjoyed writing last week’s Six on Saturday, and meeting so many interesting gardening bloggers out there, so am … More

book, bush, cateripillars, flowers, gardening, gardens, herbs, Kawakawa, leaves, Life in the Garden, micro greens, Māori, native plants, New Zealand, reading, seeds, Six on Saturday, spring, sunshine, terrace, The Propagator, trees, violets

Spring is the time of the year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade

It is Friday evening, and I like to do a blog post at the end of the week to put … More

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, beetroot, bread, cable car, Charles Dickens, election, Elizabeth David, Māori, New Zealand, piccalilli, quote, rye bread, spring, Te reo Māori, vegetables, weather

This week’s small pleasures #49

Another week has gone by, another set of small pleasures.

apples, autumn, blogs, clothes, Eurovision Song Contest, feijoas, flowers, fruit, minestrone, music, Māori, oranges, pears, persimmons, Portugal, recipe link, roses, silk, Small Pleasures, song, soup, tamarillos, winner

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

If we were having coffee …or even a cup of tea, we would naturally talk about our recent trip to … More

birthday, Denmark, food, football, Italian food, Māori, news, prizes, Scotland, seafood, senses, smells, sport, Stockholm, Stonehaven, Sweden, taste, tea, tennis, train, travel, wine

A welcome, a lesson and a journey by canoe

A couple of weeks ago, I was formally welcomed to the organisation I now work for with a whakatau, a … More

ceremony, event, language, Māori, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, storm, weather, Wellington

Tattoos, ta moko and traditions

I’m going slightly of my usual themes in this post – no scones or cats – but still kind of … More

Māori, New Zealand, tattoos

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