On the first day of 2008 we have had all sorts of water adventures. Seemingly it wasn’t the just the pump playing up. Now it’s the valves. So after much gnashing of teeth we spent the day kicking the water system to get it to spring into life. Oh the joys of country living. Having [...]
Neighbours – who’d have them?!
30 December 2007 1 Comment
Hurray, new neighbours. After the steers were moved from the the paddock it’s been lonely with no friends to talk to. Fear not, we’ve got new neighbours this week. The dinkiest, sweetest family of goats – billy, bessy and their little kids. Dramatic scenes today though as I turned into the lonely goat herder. They [...]
Domestic water
29 December 2007 1 Comment
Regular blog readers will know that there are all sorts of exciting things we experience living in a rural area. One of which is having a rural water supply. What this means is we collect the rain from the roof, fill the tank and then pump it back into the house via a fancy filtering [...]
Festive Domesticity
26 December 2007 Leave a Comment
I know that this sounds like a cheap excuse for not blogging but it really has been full on. Festive domesticity is always a challenge but for this domestic executive in this year it’s been more challenging than most. Fortunatly my just in time methodology served me well and we didn’t miss out on any [...]
Houseblogging: plants
26 December 2007 Leave a Comment
My parents project since they’ve arrived is to help turn the landscape planting plan into a reality. We’ve been cruising to nurseries and the internet to find the array of plants specified in the plan. Having tracked down about 100 plants then the challenge of placing them in the right spot started. After lots of [...]
Basset Blogging: boys at play
26 December 2007 Leave a Comment
Our Bassets, Fortnum and Mason, are worth their weight in comic value. I’ve not laughed so much in years. I can watch them for hours at play which is pretty rough and tumble – well they are boys. Play is how puppies learn and my boys are no different although I think that they think [...]
Basset Blogging: Christmas goodies
24 December 2007 Leave a Comment
Bassets’ first Christmas was full of excitment. Lots of paper to chew. Fortnum and Mason were not forgotten by santa although they were a little unsure of what to do with their parcels from under the tree! Fortnum sucking his parcel “Here, I’ll help” said Mason It’s all mine! Hmm, paper was much more fun…… [...]
Domestic fast lane
15 December 2007 Leave a Comment
I feel like I’ve been motoring at a million miles an hour this week. There are puppy routines to manage, builders to coral and family to organise for. Still, I’m over the hump and now heading into the middle lane towards the slow lane for the holidays. Quite unexpectedly I was also called to present [...]
Houseblogging: it’s starting to look like a garden
9 December 2007 1 Comment
It’s quite something to see the lanscapers turn our “cow pat” into the start of a garden. The front flower beds are now in with work in progress to the side of the house. The lawn area is looking good although there is one patch that will need a bit more work as it got [...]
New constructions
8 December 2007 Leave a Comment
Our landscapers have done a great job on the temporary puppy play pen. This keeps Fortnum and Mason very happy being able to play outside. It’s all mod cons you know – special soft washable grass, smashing dog house and lots of room to run around. It’s an ideal spot for people watching too. Note [...]
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