I turned 37 over the weekend! Writing that made me feel ooooolllllllddddd for some reason. I've been saying it with no problems but seeing it written down is interesting for sure. It just looks a lot older than 36 does, don't you think? Ageing is, of course, a privilege, and I'm sure I'll look back … Continue reading Celebrating 37
Just a very quick interlude to show off some of the flowers springing into life around Wonderview. Over the nearly six years of owning this land, we've been steadily working on it, trying to turn it from a patch of scraggly grass, surrounded by acres of stunning natural forest and country fields, to a verdant, … Continue reading Wonderview in bloom
Hello! How was your weekend? Ours was lovely and over too soon – aren't they always?! We were lucky with the weather and got one and a half days of sunshine, and of course we're lucky with the latest lockdown; being (just) outside of Auckland means we're able to move a bit more freely than our … Continue reading A visit with my parents
July, July...what can you say about July? It's cold, it's bleak, it rains a lot. Thank goodness for this series or I swear I'd look back and just think the whole month had been a total write-off. But we're here, we made it through! Below are some of the highlights. What were yours?! 1. Homemade … Continue reading Five things in July
We're lucky enough to have two fantastic farmer's markets on every Saturday morning here in Mangawhai. Almost every Saturday we pop into our favourite to pick up some fruit, vegetables and sourdough, but sometimes we linger with a coffee and a treat...especially when the weather is nicer. From time to time, we follow that up … Continue reading Simple Saturdays
