Despite spoiling the bassets rotten they are suffering the winter blues. Can’t blame them really since we’ve had a succession of icy blasts cold enough for me to don gloves and my possum fur lined deerhunter hat that keeps my ears warm.  Our resident... 
I was itching to bake today but with a delicious apple fruit cake in the cupboard it would have been too gluttonous to have made yet another cake. So instead I decided to indulge my bassets with some baking of their own. Inspired by long time reader and basset... 
As the shortest day of the year passed we stepped into winter. Yes, finally it feels like the true kiwi winter has arrived with those very chilly days and lots of rain. Although I’m not a fan of cold weather being able to feel the strong southern sun against... 
Whether it’s kids selling chocolate bars or buckets being jangled at me in town, I’m a sucker for charity appeals. At a recent trip to the Hill Street Farmers Market in Wellington I succumbed to the charms of a young girl who had foraged for crab apples... 
Just as the flash of the studio lights went off taking this photograph I had a huge ah-ha moment in my head. Yes, this Saturday I came another step closer to understanding why I’ve struggled so much with my photography class this year. Although I was the... 