Wellington Weekend Wanderings
We went out for a wander on the weekend to visit the New Zealand Portrait Gallery to view the Adam Portraiture Award exhibition for 2024. Lots of very talented artists and worth a visit if […]
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Weekend Walk
The weather was stunning here in Wellington yesterday and we took advantage of the nice warm day to go for a walk. I snapped a few pics to share with you while we were out […]
Ten things
I thought I would share ten things that made me happy this weekend Figs from my tree which I ate on toast with honey, soooo good. The variety is Fig Candy, check out the colour! […]
Weekend wanderings
We had beautiful weather on the weekend, more like Summer than Autumn, so I thought I would share a bit of what we got up to. I grabbed some ripe figs at the vege market […]
Homegrown Potatoes
Yesterday we harvested our first attempt at growing potatoes. We didn’t get as many as we were hoping for but we were pleased with the result. We grew them in a coffee sack and they […]
Vintage and Thrift
Here in Wellington we have a number of great thrift shops to choose from and I visit quite regularly. Recently we made a trek out to Upper Hutt as we hadn’t visited the shops out […]
A Year of Thrift
Happy New Year! I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020. As mentioned in this post, I pledged not to buy any new clothes for another year after a […]
Backyard visitors
Since we have been in lockdown we have noticed more birds around. I don’t know whether it is because we are at home all day so we are noticing them more or if there has […]
Microgreens experiment
While in lockdown, we are trying to make sure that we maintain eating our 5 plus a day. So far, so good but to make sure that we are getting some variety, I thought I […]
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The slow art of Sourdough
Lockdown day 8 for us here in New Zealand and my sourdough starter has been getting a great workout the past week. Now that I have time during the day to feed the starter, mix […]