It’s been snow, snow, snow here this week on the blog. It’s been a few days in the making but time for an overdose of basset hounds at play.  If you’re not fans of basset hounds you might want to look away now. But if like me you don’t mind... 
It’s been slim pickings for the birds since the snow arrived. These Plovers were distinctly put out to be wading through inches of snow to find something to eat. The little birds of course were turning loop the loops as they feasted on the chicken food and... 
Today was like waking up on a Christmas Day and hoping for a snowy festive scene. I was so excited to pull back the curtains to see if the snow dump forecast had given us a southern hemisphere winter wonderland. Imagine my delight the snow had indeed arrived. Even... 
You can’t move for microwaves in our house, and I don’t mean of the culinary kind. Everywhere you look there is some form of technology that seems to play a growing role in our lives. This year particularly I’ve embraced more gadgets than ever... 
More than once this week I’ve found myself being grumpy OK, let’s be honest here, it’s been more of a case of Grumpy old Woman rather than day-to-day tired and grumpy state. Again and again I found myself being irritated by things that just... 