This week’s small pleasures #229

Summer continues, with more sunny days, blue skies…and the odd bits of rain, which is of course great for the … More

A walk on Wednesday

I was working at home today, and took an afternoon stroll to – yes – the Botanic Gardens again. During … More

There is a small vegetable market on Wednesdays down by the Pipitea Campus of the university which I may have … More

A few things have happened this week in the world. The endless wait for the US election results (phew!) came … More

Photos taken in the Botanic Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. It was a bit grey, but not with all these signs … More

I know I am not the only one to be startled to find we are already in August. 2020 has … More

Our trip on Sunday to Paraparaumu…. You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram@thistleandkiwis. As for Twitter….am … More

Yet a pear may only be at its point of perfection for a day or two, the slide into over-ripeness … More

Where to begin this week’s small pleasures, when today our Prime Minister announced that New Zealand would go into a … More

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