There are few bright spots outside right now with wind, rain, hail, gales, sleet and snow down south. Welcome to Spring in New Zealand. The daffodils are being battered down and the tulips blown away. I did however notice a bright spot in our new garden bed with one of the new rhododendrons coming into [...]
Two falls and a submission
19 September 2010 3 Comments
A week or so ago I picked up the pace on my photography training and had a mentoring session with a local photographer. We talked mainly about taking portrait shots so armed with some tips I wanted to try out I asked the bassets to model. After all it was hammering down with rain outside [...]
Retrospective intermission
18 September 2010 Leave a Comment
Seems my tired feelings are now officially accounted for. MT has kindly shared the lurgy he was suffering with last week. With low energy, sore throat, a howling gale I’m taking it easy here at Domestic Executive HQ. Not wishing to idle my time away I’ve been reviewing my photographs from our holiday in Shanghai [...]
Friday tired
17 September 2010 3 Comments
It’s been one of those weeks that has passed in a flash yet dragged on forever. I found myself running out of steam mid week making hump day (Wednesday don’t you know!) a marathon effort. I don’t know whether I’m sickening but I’m most definitely Friday tired. Ready for a rest. Some recuperation. And a [...]
Seasonal sickness
16 September 2010 1 Comment
Bouts of overwhelming homesickness used to be a daily occurrence when I was a child living in boarding school. We’d moved to live in Dubai and back in the 1970′s ex-pat kids mostly stayed in England for their education. I think I used to torture my parents by writing and telling them how mournful [...]
Native Spring
15 September 2010 Leave a Comment
Nature is certainly starting to wake up with blossoms, magnolias, rhododendrons and deciduous trees all starting to come into flower and leaf. Since we’re at the lofty heights of 280m we are about a month behind the rest of the valley which is a good thing since we can enjoy the colours of Spring for [...]
Twinkles
14 September 2010 4 Comments
Being a photographer has fine tuned the way I see things. Especially how I see light. Light comes in so many shapes, sizes, intensity and colours there is a seemingly limitless way it bathes us in a warm glow. I was very struck by how the light twinkled on the bushes following a light shower [...]
Enchanted
13 September 2010 1 Comment
Bright sunlight is a precious commodity right now. First it’s plentiful and then in a puff of a Wellington gust of wind it’s gone and we’re back into blanket cloud. I like the way the sun shines in the bush giving out an enchanted glow. I feel warmer just look at it.
Fresh or dried?
12 September 2010 3 Comments
Even with the copious amounts of storage we have in our kitchen we never seem to have enough room especially for storing those occasionally used kitchen gadgets. For this reason I have resisted for a long time investing in a pasta machine but I caved in recently on the grounds that I find the fresh [...]
Headgear
12 September 2010 1 Comment
Hanging onto your ears when you’re a basset is like trying to hang onto your umbrella in a Wellington gale. Something you first battle with and then you give up and let the wind do its thing. Looking at Fortnum in this picture I can’t help but think of a traditional Dutch Hat – the [...]
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