The first thing I was taught to cook at school was Shortbread. I remember how mine made a wonderful frizzbee when it was finished it was so hard but beautifully shaped. That experience has always made me slightly reluctant to repeat the experience. I tend to skip over recipes that say shortbread or shortcake as [...]
Being a stranger in a foreign land can be a lonely place. I started this blog to share what our new life was like with family and friends. Little did I know then that I’d have 1001 things to say. But indeed I have. This is my 1001 Domestic Executive post and it feels like [...]
The magic of digital photography processing is a little like cooking without a recipe. Letting your creativity go wild. I wish I could say I’ve come close to getting to grips with the processing of photographic files. It’s a bewildering range of tweaks and twiddles and that’s before you get started on all the special [...]
“Take a photograph every day” is a common tip to improving your photography. This is something I’ve rather got out of the habit of recently but want to become more dedicated about. That and develop a stronger photographic style. To do this I need to get out more. And I mean out. Away from the [...]
I was wandering along enjoying a misty start to what I hoped would turn into a bright summers day. The birds were tweeting and the air was fresh, the rumble of MT’s train heading off to the big smoke was fading into the distance. All was at peace until Big Basset suddenly found his sniffing [...]
My work friends have recently bought a dog and they agonised over what breed they should bring to be part of their family. For me, there was no choice. It simply had to be a basset hound. In fact, it had to be two basset hounds. Initially, it had to be two girl bassets but [...]
The pain of last year’s thistle harvest is like a reoccurring nightmare. So much so it brought on a severe case of procrastination on completing the job. That and months and months of rain, wet and other distractions we put off the final clearance of the dead thistles and gorse, until now. I know my [...]
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