Bassets were bred for sniffing. It doesn’t matter too much what it is, sniffing is good as far as a basset is concerned. Big basset was helping me today with the potager harvest. And by help I mean checking things out by giving them a good sniff. I’m not convinced that Fortnum will be able [...]
I’m all of a dither but don’t worry it’s not catching. I’m busy working in the background to update, maintain and generally spuce things up here at Domestic Executive HQ. Please come back again – I’ll be posting again tomorrow. If all goes well I’ll also be unveiling my handiwork. But no promises, being a [...]
New Zealand’s natural landscape is one of the most beautiful in the world. Much of it is untouched by human hand. I’m lucky enough to live in a rural area but it still connected by the essentials of modern living. This pictures layers them all – residential road, trees, forestry and mountain. And the lines [...]
We don’t like to think of our family and friends at home suffering in the snow so we organise an icy southerly blast to come up from the pole. We’ve had some rain, mist and a cold wind to bring me closer to those I love up in the northern hemisphere. It’s never much fun [...]
I sometimes feel challenged by my daily blogging habit. Other days it’s sheer delight to be able to share my fun and adventures here in New Zealand. I was starting to think it was time to broaden my scope of reporting when lo and behold some new neighbours moved in. And here they are. Some [...]
It’s the hedgerows that have been the culinary larder today. The potager has had to take a back seat whilst I’ve headed off through the long grass and brambles to harvest blackberries. I’ve been spying the bramble fruit for a few weeks now but today was the day that I could finally swoop in and [...]
When I’m not pickling, cooking and vegetable growing I’m building fences to protect the trees from the rabbits. Yes the pesky blighters keep burrowing around the roots and gnawing the stems. As you can see the bassets help me with this task by watching out for rabbits! We’re continuing to harvest gorse and grass as [...]
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