Basset fun and finding my photomojo

For the last six months I've been stuck in a photographic rut with no serious photography projects underway.  Although I still carry my camera and take photographs for the blog the passion, drive and … [Continue Reading]

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Basset Gallery: February 2012

Not really grasping the fact that we've slipped into January caused me all sorts of confusion the other day. It was only when I had put the phone down did I realise that I needed to flip the page on … [Continue Reading]

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30 days and cheese making

30 days into the new year I slipped on my harness and crawled back to work. If it wasn't for the boundless energy and enthusiasm of the people I was working with it would have been a grim day.  Aside … [Continue Reading]

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Daily bread

This year I've decided to hone my culinary skills and will be tackling one foodstuff a month.  I've started the year with one of my favourite foods, I've been on a bread making mission.  I'm already … [Continue Reading]

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Yee haw ….

I read somewhere that there is only one thing more annoying than people who parade photographs of their children are people who are self indulgent about their pets. I get that sentiment but it doesn't … [Continue Reading]

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Strawberries and Cream

Living life as an expat upside down plays havoc with your senses, most notably because seasons back to front .  Take strawberries for example.  To a Brit strawberries are synonymous with tennis at … [Continue Reading]

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This is the life

There's been a loud ticking sound around the place in the last week.  No, it's not the cicadas arriving early but the sound of jobs being ticked off the list.  Well, I confess, it's actually writing … [Continue Reading]

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All work and no play

There was a most indignant look on the basset's faces when they were woken from their slumbers this morning at an ungodly hour.  After much stretching, scratching and yawning they succumbed to the … [Continue Reading]

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Gooseberry goodness

With a taste that can be as sharp as their thorns gooseberries are not to everyone's liking. I love the  crisp bite and piquant flavour that livens the palette whether you eat them straight from the … [Continue Reading]

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Being Sisyphus

As my bones creak and muscles ache I can only imagine this is how Sisyphus would have felt on his quest to push a boulder up a hill. Whilst much of the rest of New Zealand heads to the beach, the … [Continue Reading]

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Transitions

I don't know about you but I'm feeling a little short changed by 2011.  It's been a good year in so many ways but it has passed in a flash and I don't feel I'm done with it yet. But that's time for … [Continue Reading]

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Croissants: the ultimate baking marathon

Some time ago ham and cheese croissants became a Christmas Breakfast tradition. For years I used croissant pastry you could buy from the supermarket fridge and on the occasions that we couldn't get … [Continue Reading]

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Christmas Vibe

New Zealand has been bathed in sunlight for Christmas allowing the perfect indoor:outdoor flow for the traditional festivities.  There is nothing better than being able to eat your Christmas dinner … [Continue Reading]

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Indulgence

Christmas is the one time in the year where indulgence is encouraged.  Time to treat yourself and others.  To give thanks and celebrate.  To offer extra kindness to others and give generously. … [Continue Reading]

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iPhone Photography

 

Kia Ora

I'm a photography obsessed, basset hound loving Brit living the good life in New Zealand. Welcome to the journal of my daily exploits.
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