There is a small vegetable market on Wednesdays down by the Pipitea Campus of the university which I may have … More
Tag: simple pleasures
This week’s small pleasures #216
A few things have happened this week in the world. The endless wait for the US election results (phew!) came … More
Wordless Wednesday: Spring
Photos taken in the Botanic Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. It was a bit grey, but not with all these signs … More
This week’s small pleasures #202
I know I am not the only one to be startled to find we are already in August. 2020 has … More
Wordless Wednesday
Our trip on Sunday to Paraparaumu…. You can find Thistles and Kiwis on Facebook, and also on Instagram@thistleandkiwis. As for Twitter….am … More
One of the glories of autumn
Yet a pear may only be at its point of perfection for a day or two, the slide into over-ripeness … More
This week's small pleasures #183
Where to begin this week’s small pleasures, when today our Prime Minister announced that New Zealand would go into a … More
Wordless Wednesday
For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, we enter the Begonia House at the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, where I went … More
This weeks small pleasures #134
It’s Easter Monday, and no doubt many of you out there have eaten a lot of chocolate and perhaps several … More
The high point of the season
One of the best things about eating in summer is the piles of berries…strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries, blackberries….though I do … More
