Every time I look at this photograph I roll my eyes and tut to myself. If only I’d been a little quicker, more focused, yes if only……. It’s the perfectionist in me. It was frustration with not getting it “right” in my photography course that made me fall out of love with photography for a [...]
I’m back after an unplanned blog vacation. Suffice to say it’s been a funny week or so. No doubt that the Christchurch Earthquake Anniversary last week played on my mind a lot. Today my best friend left New Zealand for an adventure volunteering overseas for a few months. There’s a touch of autumn in the [...]
The popular opinion in New Zealand is that this summer has been a washout. Since New Year we’ve been blighted by bouts of furious wind and driving rain making it the worst summer weather since we arrived in New Zealand six years ago. The only upside I can see from such disappointment is that it’s [...]
As health kicks go, here’s one I’m really enjoying. Eating cakes that are not so naughty but terribly nice to eat. I’ve started to bake my way through Harry Eastwood’s Red Velvet Chocolate Heartache Cookbook which was in my Christmas cookbook stash. She’s a woman on a mission to bring the best of culinary pleasures [...]
The new rhythms of bread making have hit home and I haven’t bought bread since the beginning of the year. I’ve added flat breads to my repertoire and when I can master soft rolls, bagels and english muffins we’ll be about as self sufficient in making the bread types we eat most. There are lots [...]
For the last six months I’ve been stuck in a photographic rut with no serious photography projects underway. Although I still carry my camera and take photographs for the blog the passion, drive and inspiration got lost along the way. A cloud seemed to descend on me and I’ve had my head in the clouds [...]
Not really grasping the fact that we’ve slipped into January caused me all sorts of confusion the other day. It was only when I had put the phone down did I realise that I needed to flip the page on the basset calendar. Hardly surprising since it was only a week or so that they [...]
30 days into the new year I slipped on my harness and crawled back to work. If it wasn’t for the boundless energy and enthusiasm of the people I was working with it would have been a grim day. Aside from the burning desire to find a quiet corner and take a nap the first [...]
This year I’ve decided to hone my culinary skills and will be tackling one foodstuff a month. I’ve started the year with one of my favourite foods, I’ve been on a bread making mission. I’m already a dab hand making soda bread and beer bread which requires no yeast and can be slapped in the [...]
I read somewhere that there is only one thing more annoying than people who parade photographs of their children are people who are self indulgent about their pets. I get that sentiment but it doesn’t stop me loving my bassets and wanting to share stories about them. I try to be discerning about who I [...]
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