This week’s small pleasures #244

I wasn’t sure where to begin with this week’s small pleasures – sunny days? Or should I mention getting dates …

Six on Saturday 17.07.21

“The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer. Minute by minute they lengthen out. It takes some weeks before we become aware of the change. It is imperceptible even as the growth of a child, as you watch it day by day, until the moment comes when with a start of delighted surprise we realize that we can stay out of doors in a twilight lasting for another quarter of a precious hour.” Vita Sackville-West

Virtual afternoon tea, December 2020

Fellow New Zealand blogger Zimmerbitch hosts a virtual tea party each month, where we can all get together virtually and …

This week’s small pleasures #217

Gosh…week 47 of the year (according to my diary), and only 45 days until the end of the year (again, according to my diary).

This week’s small pleasures #209

It is Monday again, so time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. I worked at home all …

This week’s small pleasures #127

Another week, another wee set of small pleasures. I took Thursday afternoon off work, and went shopping for birthday presents, …

This week’s eats #2

Here we are with the second in the occasional series of this week’s eats. It is spring here, and I …

This week’s small pleasures #103

I confess this wasn’t a particularly good week…I was on jury duty.  While aspects were interesting, I found the whole …

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

It’s been a while since we sat down and had a chat…

Spring! This week’s small pleasures #70

While lots of bloggers in the northern hemisphere are writing about autumn, pumpkins, leaves falling off trees and getting cosy, down here we are in the process of celebrating spring.