Daylight saving ended on Saturday, at the close of a legendary summer, leaving Wellington still in drought – but far from thirsty (the bars and restaurants in the city have reported their best summer in years – same with the ice-cream sellers!). There was only one way for me to mark the last day of […]
Daylight saving
Things I’m Loving – parks, gardens, beaches & daylight
I can’t say enough how much better I feel when my body is exposed to longer hours of daylight. I don’t need hot temperatures and scorching sunshine, just more hours of daylight to make my whole being glide smoothly over life’s little hurdles (instead of crashing at every one). I feel more energized and positive. […]
Please take me to a farm, so I can feed the animals!
The mouths of babes can be very insistent and, after several weeks of asking, my two year old’s wish came true. It was a spur of the moment visit. The stars had aligned to make it all possible – sunshine, no school pick-ups, or rush to be back at any set time, my two year […]
Lyrical Sunday – Daylight
The sun dipped down at six thirty on Saturday night, with a sunset to warm me to the core, leaving winter nights behind – and knocking on summer’s door. The clocks took us closer, as we slept, waking to a new time & a season of promise. My mood that’s felt depressed, since May’s darkening […]
Things I’m Loving… this last week of daylight saving
The clocks have turned back. This morning when the girls awoke at 7am I wearily acknowledged the fact it was actually 6am. Tonight darkness will fall at 6.30pm. The long summer nights will, for a while, be but a memory. We shall rug up, play board games, watch sunsets and admire starlit skies before bed-time. […]
Springing forward with Tulip Sunday
I woke up this morning and took a look at my iPhone, which read 7.30am. ‘Blimey!’ I thought, ‘Everyone’s still asleep apart from Alice and I!’ and so I crept downstairs and found Charlotte and Dan asleep in the living room (Charlotte had woken in the night feeling sick – thankfully it eventuated to nothing). […]