My Villa Life

Spring is a delight this year. After living with an ordered, green, hedged garden in Auckland I'm so enjoying the daily surprises in o...

Armadale's Coin Laundry ... sun, eggs, fritters, roesti and a rather good hot chocolate. So Melbourne. Soon he'll be wanting a ...

Have I mentioned yet that I love Melbourne? It has an indefinable something that just makes me feel quite happy to be living here. It's...

I'm back. Back that is sitting at my own desk in front of my own computer. It's only taken a record 8 weeks (and I don't mean...

Friday and time for an Auckland villa door .... I think this appeals because what I'd really like to do for the next month is plant m...

In between all the boring stuff we have been making the most of our last few weeks in Auckland. Now we only have a few days left and a li...

Radio silence from here for way too long but this is why. I have been tidying, cleaning, scrubbing and smiling (not) my way through a hous...