Yes, as much as I hate to admit it, that time of year has come. A familiar coolness in the air, the leaves have lost their vibrant summer green hue, beaches feeling a little lonely for school children, brand spanking new uniforms and books and the need for labels to start breeding like rabbits! It's […]

So I googled "Mabel Maguire, Esplanade Hotel, Queenstown." and searched through the results. One of which was an ebay listing for a postcard. I opened the page to discover that a seller had listed a postcard addressed to my great grandmother… Sometimes I wonder what life as a mother was like in my grandmother's time […]

So, having launched the blog, I thought a post was probably the next sensible thing to do to keep the momentum going.  I use the word “launched” quite loosely,  I mean it in the “hustled out the door like you would a child who quite enjoys the satisfaction of being late for school” kind of […]

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