SUNDOWNER The name Sundowner comes from Africa, it represents the early evening when you can celebrate a good days work with a drink, preferably a G & T, while you watch the sun go down. I prefer my Gin and Tonic pool side, well before the sun goes down, on a lazy Summer weekend and sometimes I think it’s best not to mess with a good thing; G & T and a wedge of lemon has done us Lifestyle
Sundowner
SUNDOWNER The name Sundowner comes from Africa, it represents the early evening when you can celebrate a good days work with a drink, preferably a G & T, while you watch the sun go down. I prefer my Gin and Tonic pool side, well before the sun goes down, on a lazy Summer weekend and sometimes I think it’s best not to mess with a good thing; G & T and a wedge of lemon has done us 
Sticky Date Pudding
STICKY DATE PUD Sometimes I share recipes, not often as I’m no great chef and I do tend to stick to meals that I know work and that everyone likes. Searching for an easy dessert to serve last week took me through my cookbook shelf, most of them required a trip to buy chocolate or other such things that I try not to keep in the cupboards (I’m not good with resisting temptations) and living semi-rural means a trip to Where do I come from?
WHERE DO I COME FROM? Its a simple question with a few answers. I was born in Wales, my parents are from the United Kingdom, I live in New Zealand, but really, where do I come from? It is something that intrigues me, the family tree. We don’t really have one, my knowledge extends only as far back as my Grandparents. So where to start? I don’t really have the time to research. So the interested, but lazy How to Spring Clean your home
HOW TO SPRING CLEAN YOUR HOME Its getting close, you can smell it in the air, warmer weather is just around the corner! I can tell its close at my little house due to the layer of yellow pollen I just dusted off my dining table. It got me thinking, that layer of yellow dust, its time for a Spring Clean. Spring-Clean, why just Spring, what about Autumn, Winter and Summer? Well its like coming out of Perfect Place Setting
PERFECT PLACE SETTING Monsteras seem to be taking over my life. I buy them little wishing for them to grow but when they grow I wish them little again. Looking at my overloaded plant I am thinking those beautiful big green leaves will make the best placemats! I am teaming it up with this gorgeous dinner set from Wundaire and Fisher & Paykel and I think it looks amazing! Lunch Date Set! Photography and Styling by My Little The Kiwi Kitchen
THE KIWI KITCHEN All my life the name that has personified the Kiwi Kitchen is Fisher & Paykel. There is much more choice these days but I have always remained faithful and happy with F&P. Though, had Olive Paykel not have been flicking the pages of an American Home Journal in the 1930’s and seen the new home appliance, the refrigerator, this iconic kiwi brand may never had eventuated. Since then Fisher & Paykel have gone from strength to Sangria
SANGRIA SANGRIA There is something about those long lunches with girl friends; the conversation never dies, the laughs are quick and sometimes even the tears. Those lunches are special, each one marked, noted in my memory bank. Remember when… This one we had Sangria. We talked, laughed, shared and that drink now has a special place in my memory. So, a recipe is in order. Sangria is Spanish, traditionally made with Red Wine. I prefer White or Rosé. I’m Lagom
LAGOM What do we kiwis know about Lagom? Is it a way of life that we could adopt to create a better place to live? New Zealanders will argue that we are the greenest country on the planet, but perhaps that is only because we are such a young country with more space than population. At-the-moment! While sitting in early morning traffic in Albany, on Aucklands North Shore I took a really good look at the construction going Book Worm
BOOKWORM Book Depository and I have a special relationship… I give them money and they send me beautiful books. Perfect! A match made in heaven. I’ve piled up a few of my favourites to share with you. Eat Drink Nap, Soho House Full of recipes, interior design tips and how to make a peaceful place to rest. A gorgeous natural textured cover with black print, inside it opens up to elegant spaces and food styling to get you Happy Easter
HAPPY EASTER The Easter weather forecast here in NZ was a little foreboding with Cyclone Cook heading our way fast and furious. The warnings were enough to shut down the central Auckland City sending workers home early. Schools closed and everyone shunned the usual night before Easter long weekend drinks and headed home loaded with water and candles. It didn’t arrive in Auckland; last minute it veered off its anticipated path. Parts of NZ did get a battering