Can you imagine anything nicer than spending time with your very good friends. It seems to me that this applies to the bassets too. On days I am working away from the office Fortnum and Mason go to spend the day with their friends at the local kennels. Sometimes... It’s always been our plan to furnish our land with some suitably cute residents. Someone I know has beaten us to it though and now the proud owners of six live-in entertainers. On a visit today I was smitten once again by the prospect of having some Alpacas... Around this time of year we contemplate Christmas Wish Lists. For MT this is never a problem as he always has a long list of books, DVDs and other home entertainment ideas. My greatest wish is that I can Christmas shop for him somewhere other than Amazon. In the... One of the endearing qualities of New Zealand is that there is little requirement to keep up with Joneses. That was until today. Not to be outdone our neighbour Doug decided that his friend had a bigger digger than the one our landscapers use and decided to rub... “Be careful for what you wish for” is a cliché that has fitted perfectly for a couple of work assignments this week. Where people have battled long and hard to get something they want. Having got what they wished for it dawns on them that they should... 