This week’s small pleasures #191

It is hard to know where to begin this week. The fact that there have been very few new cases … More

Six on Saturday 16.05.20

After a mostly sunny week, with lots of bright blue skies, today is overcast and grey. I did get in … More

How is everyone doing out there? New Zealand is still in lockdown, and we are getting used to living in … More

As I have already mentioned in other posts this week, New Zealand is in a lockdown period for 4 weeks. … More

Well, we in New Zealand are getting ready for a lockdown, which will come into force from midnight tonight. The … More

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, we enter the Begonia House at the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, where I went … More

This week’s Wordless Wednesday is all about seeds….. You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram@thistleandkiwis. As … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…or most likely a glass of wine…we would be sitting outside … More

Another Saturday already: it is hard to believe it is half-way through February already. In a week where a temperature … More

I started this post in sunshine, listening to cicadas and finishing the post looking out at grey skies. A real … More