It’s still raining another day later and the bassets and I are thoroughly fed up. After spending yesterday rescuing trees and plodging through the mud in wellies I yearn for the summer sun to return. I know that the farmers need the moisture and we need the rain for the tank but things are starting [...]
Deliverance of weather
29 April 2008 Leave a Comment
The severe weather we were expecting arrived last night. According to the newspapers it wasn’t as bad as people feared but it sounded like rain of biblical proportions on the roof. Still at least our water tank will be full which is always a comforting thought. The lashing wind and rain has caused havoc with [...]
A quick round up for new readers
28 April 2008 1 Comment
For new and returning visitors to Domestic Executive, here’s a quick link round up for you to enjoy. We’ve been living in New Zealand now for over two years. Don’t ask me where the time has gone as it hardly seems like yesterday since I was loading my chattels into a container in Oxfordshire. The [...]
Drought to floods
27 April 2008 Leave a Comment
New Zealand has weather warnings today that we’re about to be deluged with rain with a threat of tornadoes. Just as well we managed to get the rain collection from the barn roof connected to the main water tank today. This means we’ll now be able to maximise the rain amount of we collect. We [...]
Basset blogging: in the wars again
26 April 2008 Leave a Comment
Fortnum’s been overdoing it and ended up back at the vets. Probably too much hooning around but he’s now confined to gentle play and lots of rest in his crate. We’re not sure whether it’s an injury or whether he’s got growing pains but nevertheless rest is the only way for him to get it [...]
Autumnal colour at last!
24 April 2008 1 Comment
It was another mini milestone this week with the arrival of some autumnal colour at last. This was in the shape of our first delivery of trees – 42 in all – about 50% of the first tranch of planting to be done. It was quite a sight to see the HGV delivery them without [...]
The kiwi bug
24 April 2008 Leave a Comment
There are thousands of Brits here in NZ adopting life kiwi style. Many are avid bloggers so there are plenty of sites to choose from. Here’s one I found recently which really chimed with my thinking Brit in the Boonies. Check out the archives on the right to find the rest of the articles that [...]
Just for Ruth: a chicken coup to go with the book
24 April 2008 Leave a Comment
When I was a kid I always used to be slightly embarressed that my father was capable of over engineering most things. For example, we couldn’t just have a rubbish bin – it had to be a grit bin which was one of the products that we manufactured in the family firm. There was a [...]
Birthday excitement
23 April 2008 Leave a Comment
It’s going to be a lazy today in honour of my birthday. It will be minimal chores and hopefully time doing things that I wouldn’t normally do. Although our morning routine didn’t change that much I did manage to open my pressies before having to get the boys up for their ablusions and breakfast. It [...]
Residential definition
22 April 2008 Leave a Comment
It’s been months since I started my search for a fencer and after a couple of false starts with two people I finally found a fencing contractor that would come to take our hard earned cash. Hugh and his mate finally turned up a week late but in a few short hours they’ve reinstated the [...]
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