It’s been a mishmash this weekend.  Lots of chores to tick off the list in preparation of my in-laws arriving next week.  It was as if my blogging mind was affected as I kept noticing random things rather there being a “theme” as such to blog about. In case you are wondering this is the [...]

The Air New Zealand plane crash in the Mediterranean is dominating headlines here today.  There are lots of comparisons with a crash on the same date in 1979.  It’s a tragic irony. Life hangs by just a thread and things like this make you realise how thin that thread is. You can read coverage here.

It’s that time of year when the northern hemisphere is getting into the Christmas mood.  The retail sector goes into overdrive and every where you go there are iconic images of snow, father christmas and the like. Here in New Zealand people are just making that last push effort to get to Christmas as this [...]

These clouds caught my eye on the basset walk today.  They looked suspended, almost unreal, hanging over the Hutt Valley.  They look painted with amazing perspective.  It was indeed a beautiful day today. Sunny, warm (not too hot) and very spring like.  It’s amazing walking out in the country at the moment.  Everything is verdant [...]

Across America people are celebrating Thanksgiving.  In two of the offices I visited today for work the frenzy had reached New Zealand with pumpkin pie on offer and conversations about what people were thankful for. It’s interesting to stop and think about what your reasons for being thankful are.  The first time I was asked [...]

I’ve taken up the mantle of the nosey neighbour from our neighbour Jim.  Whilst we were building our house Jim didn’t miss a trick watching what was happening and keeping an eye on the builders.  He knows more about how our house was built that I do. OK, that’s probably not true but you get [...]