by Barbara Podmore | Nov 29, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends We went to an epic thanksgiving lunch last Saturday with our friends from the US of A. It did make me very thankful – thankful that the three new dishes I contributed actually worked. I have new respect for those American cooks, they...
by Barbara Podmore | Nov 22, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends Time for a bit more New Zealand culture. When we arrived in the Land of the Long White Cloud, we joined a church group that meets once a week. We were told that we would get together at seven o’clock and have supper together, and each...
by Barbara Podmore | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends If you are familiar with Wellington, you will know where this is. Our youngest is a winter baby, but decided to postpone his 15th birthday bash until summer/ish, so that he and his crew could swim, and then play soccer. They all caught...
by Barbara Podmore | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends My youngest was aghast that I wrote about sleep in last week’s blog. “Could you not find anything else more interesting to write about than sleep?” he asked incredulously. “Well,’’ says I, “last week was so action packed that I was too...
by Barbara Podmore | Nov 3, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends Grateful thanks to all the Google reviewers! A couple of friends have asked where I get all the memes from – I originally found a post with some fab ones on Bored Panda, but now I make many of them (it’s so FUN!). All the...
by Barbara Podmore | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog Post
Hello lovely family and friends Welly sunset I popped in to K-Mart recently to buy (more) socks for the skateboarder of the family, only to be startled by a row of half-metre high plastic skulls; and one and a half times human size skeletons. I had to make my way past...