A dose of sunshine does wonders to lift my mood and bring a spring into my step. Â No doubt that the sunshine brought a touch of magic to our walk on Kapiti Island a couple of weeks ago. I found myself distracted by the light as it danced through the layers of native... 
Fair weather may be back again this week bringing some much needed sunshine but all it’s done is deepen my denial that autumn is here. Â No doubt that the tell-tell signs are here in spades – morning mists, golden light and pumpkins taking over the kitchen... 
There is only one thing more disconcerting than to trip over your own feet. Â To trip over a pair of feet that are seemingly growing from the ground. Â I did just that whilst wandering around the Ellerslie Flower Show in Christchurch a couple of weeks ago. Â These... 
Nothing will wipe the memories of the day that Christchurch City Centre came tumbling down around me. Those memories were stirred up again last weekend when I returned to the Central City for the first time. Â With two days work planned there I took the advantage of... 
So many times we’ve walked up the Paekakariki Beach and wished we could nip over to Kapiti Island. Â Today we did. Â On one of the finest days of the year we enjoyed one of the finest days out you can enjoy in New Zealand. Â We walked from bottom to top of the... 