Sorry about that short interruption. I’m back after a couple of days. What’s my excuse? Frozen fingers, toes and being very very cold. Oh and busy earning a crust to feed my chickens too. Yes, it’s winter twinkle in August here in the southern... Have you ever spent one of those days saying to your dog, cat, child, husband, whoever – no, stop it, don’t do that, Agggh! Well, it’s been a bit like that with the bassets so we thought it was time to refresh their training regime.So today it was... My husband will tell you I am directionally challenge but today I arrived in a real nice place. You know how it is with the Internet. You start following links and before you know where you are you’ve been through the virtual spaghetti junction and lost not just... Yay, normal service has been returned to the Kaitoke Forest. It was music to my ears to learn from our neighbours that the path through the forest has been cleared after the storm. Regular readers might recall that one of our favourite walking routes had been... There are ladies who lunch and ladies who do afternoon tea. There are ladies who would like to lunch but time and work pressures mean that afternoon tea is easier to squeeze into a busy day. And, there are ladies who like to bake afternoon tea. Today I was... 