Photo by Red bull Addict You guessed it. You know what’s happening. I don’t want to mention the word but it’s the sort of day that staying indoors and reading a book is about the best thing you can do. That is of course if you don’t have a stack of work or ironing to [...]
I thought it was time to inject a bit of reality into my blog. After all people might think I don’t set food outside my country bubble. I do, but I’d rather not! Needs must to earn a crust. As luck would have it I actually had my camera with me so was able to [...]
You’ll remember Seth. He’s the cheerful chappie that’s making his Mum and Dad proud by taking his treatment for leukemia and still staying cheerful. This is a picture of Seth with his sister Nancy watching the world go by (or perhaps the teletubbies!). Seth needs a bone marrow transplant to give him the best [...]
Illustration by Jo Gray Friday’s are my domestic doing days. That means I don’t plan to work. Don’t book appointments but instead dedicate myself to cleaning, preening, shopping and preparing the house for the weekend. Sounds exhausting? It is! Yesterday was Friday so there was no exception. The marathon efforts were started with the usual [...]
It’s fair to say that dogs sleep a lot. I’m not sure whether Fortnum and Mason sleep more than most but they seem to sleep at the drop of a hat, without excuse, just for the heck of it and to while away the time. Whilst I’m working things in Domestic Executive HQ can be [...]
Regular Domestic Executive bloggers will recall that we’ve planted a kiwi hedge. Or rather I’ve planted a hedge of English box with plants supplied by the lovely people from kiwi hedge. Part of the challenge of gardening with basset hounds (well not with them but in the area they live!) is that they have no [...]
It’s been an amazing day again – very spring like. After being couped up in Domestic Executive HQ all morning telephone coaching I reckoned I decided to forget the ironing (it doesn’t take much) and head out to the garden to plant up the remaining native trees. The recent winds and rain has increased the [...]
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