At the passing of another tax year I thought I’d get ahead of the game and start to work out my GST return (kiwi equivalent of VAT). It didn’t take me long to realise that my neglect of business practices this year is going to make this a painful process. After several hours of excavating [...]
British Summer Time
A bit of a refresh
One of the world’s more picturesque eateries
Lauded by the upmarket food and travel magazines Craggy Range has been our regular Easter treat since arriving in New Zealand. So last week it wasn’t cheese batches for lunch but rather a long leisurely stroll through the Craggy Range menu. Somehow the food tastes better when you have a fantastic view to admire at [...]
Pooches on parole
It’s been a risky strategy but Fortnum and Mason have been allowed to try out Domestic Executive HQ this week. This is all part of their growing independence away from their play pen and crates. Whilst you can’t leave them unsupervised they are getting better as just being around the house. They’ve been really good [...]
Ocean beach – will this soon be a memory?
Moonstruck
I’ve jabbered on a bit about the nights drawing in and getting darker. The plus side is that you can see the stars earlier and there is more time to be moonstruck. There have been some awesome sunsets recently and full moons to keep us entertained. Here’s one we captured on camera from our cottage [...]
More luck this time
Basset Blogging: back home with family
Since we didn’t think that Fortnum and Mason would be able to stand a day at the cricket we packed them off to their basset family for the Easter break. They were very excited when they arrived to be back in familiar territory happily climbing into their kennels when we arrived. When we went to [...]



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