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Mad hair and laughter

31 December 2008 12 Comments

UPDATE: 27 January 2009:  I’m entering this picture into the contest with the lovely people at I heart Faces.  This weeks theme is Joy and this is the picture on my blog that best shows a joyous moment.  Our first harvest from the minature potager. Looking at the fabulous pictures people post on this site [...]

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A thoroughly basset Christmas

30 December 2008 2 Comments

Both big and little bassets have been spoilt rotten this Christmas.  Come to think of it, they are spoiled rotten most of the time.  Their routine hasn’t changed much over the holiday period which has been a real shame as I’d quite like to have had a lie in some mornings but it hasn’t been [...]

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It’s been a scorcher – perfect for burning!

29 December 2008 1 Comment

I never thought I’d be wanting to cut gorse.  After my earlier gorse harvesting exploits I thought I’d never want to pick up those cutters and set to again.  However needs must. The good thing about gorse is its burning properties.  And, with a pile of thistles to burn we needed some fire accelerator.  Yes [...]

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Christmas goodies – what did you get?

28 December 2008 4 Comments
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Once again I think I’m the luckiest girl around.  A pile of goodies under the Christmas tree just waiting for me to dive in and enjoy.  I like to savour my gifts and see them sitting under the tree.  On display for others to see. There is one gift however that was whipped out of [...]

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Now the holidays are over!

27 December 2008 7 Comments

All rest and no work is a bassets idea of heaven.  Fortnum has perfected the art of doing nothing as you can see here.  With the main festivities over there was nothing for it today.  Back to work at Domestic Executive HQ.  There’s too much to be done to be lounging around reading books and [...]

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Christmas walking – where did you go?

26 December 2008 3 Comments

You can’t beat a walk on Christmas day.  This year we made the  most of the fine weather to enjoy the Rimutaka Incline Walk.  A two hour stroll along a flat trail – it was the former railway line – complete with a watering and swimming stop for the dogs. It’s fair to say that [...]

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Happy, happy Christmas!

25 December 2008 4 Comments

It’s been a wonderful Christmas.  A happy, happy Christmas.  A relaxing Christmas but with lots going on.  The best thing about this Christmas is we’ve had someone else to record the happenings.  So here we are looking the hill billies out for our Christmas walk. The bassets were still real excited from opening their presents.  [...]

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Christmas, ready or not!

24 December 2008 1 Comment

It’s got to the point in the Christmas preparations that it’s coming, ready or not!  Every year I think I’ll get organised so that Christmas Eve can be a holiday but for whatever reason it never quite ends up that way. This Christmas Eve has been no different.  I woke up this morning with a [...]

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Are you reading for festive viewing?

23 December 2008 3 Comments
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One of the Christmas traditions I remember as a child was getting the Christmas edition of the Radio Times delivered and spending ages pouring over the pages picking out all the things I was going to watch on TV over the holidays.  I was particularly to the movies and could sit and watch the old [...]

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How’s your broccoli is sprouting?

22 December 2008 3 Comments

The rain has done wonders for the vegetable patch.  The plants have grown much taller and I’ve got a broccoli sprouting.  It’s so exciting I can tell you.  This is the first time I’ve grown a broccoli, aren’t they wonderful! Now all I need is for the others to sprout and this one to grow [...]

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