Crazy thoughts

I’m still ploughing through all the photographs from the photography workshop last weekend but in the meantime I can’t resist looking at this Alpaca.  It’s exotic in that cooky kind of way.  I would love to have introduced the bassets to this crazy...

Neighbours with comedy value

Stand up comics might be a rare breed out in the country but that doesn’t stop us from wanting local entertainment. Admittedly this might mean making friends with out comic neighbours but when they are cute and cuddly I can live with that.  I was delighted to...

Signs of Spring

Spring doesn’t officially start in New Zealand until 1 September but there are signs of Spring all around.  Never more down in the surrounds of Wellington where blossom is abundant.  Being able to photograph these blooms definitely cheered me up.  I was...

Stepping out with photographers

As I pulled up in the car park I was excited yet petrified.  What if my newly charged battery would run out of juice?  What if everyone else was an expert and I was the class dork? Maybe I’d be out of my depths with a host of highly qualified camera geeks. ...

Bassets in the wild

Although a basset hound can’t be trusted to be off lead I do allow Fortnum and Mason occasionally and let them roam under close supervision. I admit, a selfish move on my part really for I find their plodding ways painful to maintain for any length of time and...