This week’s small pleasures #53

This week’s small pleasures including flowers, a pasta bake and sunshine.

This week’s small pleasures #44

So here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures.  In a week that saw heavy …

Starting the weekend early

Back in October, on a particularly gloomy day, I booked us a long weekend break over in Greytown over in …

This week’s small pleasures: episode 13

It is the Queen’s Birthday holiday here in New Zealand today, and a lovely sunny day it was too, so …

Easter weekend: sunshine, wine and lunches

Easter Sunday proved another sunny, early autumn day, and after eggs (both hen and chocolate), we set off as planned …

Cee’s Challenge: Week 34

Here we are already at Week 34 and another challenge from Cee. Was school easy or difficult for you? How …

Stones, sounds and the southern skies

A place we had talked about visiting for ages, and finally got around to it this weekend, is Stonehenge Aotearoa.  …

A weekend in Martinborough: wine, food and sunshine

We are just home from a lovely relaxing weekend over the Rimutaka Hills in Martinborough, where, as regular readers will …

Sun, rain and eating out

I’m sitting here drinking some green tea with lemon and ginger and watching (and listening) to heavy rain falling.  It …

Wine, a fish pie and a new experience

On Sunday we did another of our trips over the Rimutaka Hills to Martinborough, lunching as usual at The Village …