Anzac Day

25th April is Anzac Day in New Zealand and Australia. This is the day on which these two nations remember … More

Blogmas 2017 Day 18: This week’s small pleasures #79

Here we are at what will probably be the last small pleasures post of the year. Next Monday is Christmas … More

Oh Cee! (who sets these challenges). Can you go back to using weeks instead of dates? It is kind of awkward … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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