Growing a Garden Part One

I’ve been wanting to do a little series about my garden for a while now, and after a good autumn clean up this afternoon I feel like I have the words at last. There’s a fair bit to tell, so this will be split into 3 installments. Way back at the beginning of 2011, in … Continue reading »

Recipe – Baked Brie

I love cheese. No seriously, I really love cheese. Especially the fancy kind. At this particular moment I’m not eating any since I am recovering from having my wisdom teeth out a couple of days ago. In fact I’m not eating much really, but that hasn’t stopped me thinking about what I will be eating … Continue reading »

(Not-so) Guilty Pleasures

I have to start with a confession – I watch Glee. It’s one a very small handful of TV programmes I watch online. Okay, that over and done with I can get on with the topic for this post – guilty pleasures. Actually the reason Glee is so related to this is that their last … Continue reading »

Lexical Love

When I was at university, completing my BA in linguistics and German, I wrote for the student magazine. (For some unknown reason New Zealand universities all have magazines rather than newspapers). Being the eclectic girl that I am, and of course being completely incapable of choosing just one thing to focus on, my roles with … Continue reading »

Life is Good

I always seem to finish each summer with lofty aspirations for what this blog will be, what we will turn it into. Which is great; you know, there’s nothing wrong with aiming high, except that I always forget to take into account the fact that I work full time (in a wonderful, but often demanding … Continue reading »

Right now..

Right now, I am… revelling in the unexpectedly good summer we have been having relishing our Sunday morning visits to the vege market literally just down the road exploring new corners of our city with spontaneous weekend adventures loving early morning, late night and any-time-of-the-day phone calls with family quietly content with this lovely life … Continue reading »

Postcards from Napier

As promised, here are some pictures from our detour via Napier on the way back to Wellington. At first I really wasn’t convinced I liked Napier – there’s a lot of art deco and it can be quite overwhelming. But then my first glimpse was one evening after a 5.5 hour drive. When I had … Continue reading »

Postcards from Auckland and the Coromandel

S. and I are back in Wellington now, and while we had a great time away, it’s lovely to be home and have time to ground into the new year. There are so many things I’m looking forward to this year, so many exciting possibilities waiting for us, but I’d like to give them the … Continue reading »