Happy Independence Day, y’all. Have you met Marina?

A bit of Beirut to cheer us all up…

I don’t know about you but I’m quite relieved the world didn’t end over the weekend (though I did leave cleaning the house until Sunday afternoon, just in case). Other than that, I made a chocolate roulade, watched more episodes of Downton Abbey, mowed the lawn and read up on making Danish pastries. What did you get up to?

A bit of homespun country thinkin’…

May is New Zealand music month, which is just one of the reasons why I think you should watch this…