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! […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Charity Knitting

Every year I try to do some knitting for charity.  I volunteer for a group called Crafty Volunteers who facilitate the distributing of the knitting to the people in the community who have a need. […]

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A shot in the dark

For the past 8 weeks I have been having loads of fun and meeting some great new people while taking a night class in Night Photography.  If you live in Wellington and are interested in […]

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