This week’s small pleasures #431
It’s Monday evening, dinner has been eaten (wonderful left overs from yesterday’s dinner), the dishwasher has been loaded and the prospect of a nice relaxing end to the day is on the cards. My foot is...
View ArticleCook Book Club: March
Autumn is here in the Southern Hemisphere, although to be honest, we have had better weather recently than we did in January (not today though – pouring with rain). The season brings with it pumpkins,...
View ArticleWhat’s on your bookshelf: March
This month’s reading was another varied one – a mix of cosy crime, thriller and one book that will definitely be one of my top books of the year. There was also a new cook book as you will see below....
View ArticleThis week’s small pleasures #432
Can you believe we are almost at the end of March? I certainly can’t. The mornings are getting darker, evenings seem to come earlier and it won’t be long until the clocks go back. Autumn is well and...
View ArticleA sherry long lunch
On Saturday we headed over to Noble Rot Wine Bar on Swan Lane for a sherry long lunch, involving sherry tasting, from dry to sweet, and Spanish inspired food. Sherry can only be produced in the area...
View ArticleIf we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sipping some gorgeous green tea from tLeafT and enjoying a melting moment biscuit from the local deli. If we were having coffee…or even a cup...
View ArticleThis week’s small pleasures #433
As we move to shorter days and our thoughts turn to autumn and the winter ahead, I am reminded that it is spring in the northern hemisphere, with pictures of daffodils and snowdrops gracing many a...
View ArticleWednesday Words and Whimsy
Wednesday, as regular readers will know, is a a non-working day for me. It is a day to catch up, to rest, to read to potter about, to cook. This morning started with a much needed visit to the...
View ArticleCobblestones Museum
We took Friday off and drove over the Remutaka Hills for a couple of nights away in Greytown. For some reason, in all the times we have been there, we have never gone to the Cobblestones Museum and...
View ArticleThis week’s small pleasures #434
With the clocks going back this weekend, autumnal days are well and truly here. It hasn’t turned cold yet, but those days can’t be that far away. Pumpkins, feijoas, apples and the first Brussels...
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