Bassets at play – a photo study

All the words of wisdom about photography boil down to one thing.  Practice, practice, practice.I do try to snap away every day but it can become all consuming if you’re not careful. For one thing it’s not just the snapping.  Working out the buttons and...

Sun drenched tomatoes is what you need!

Sun’s up and out today – thank goodness.  I can’t bear the cold and when you’re feeling a bit under the weather there is nothing like a bit of sun to cheer you up and save your lettuces from being a flop crop. I made the mistake of locating...

What sort of start to the day do you like?

When I got up and about this morning I just knew it was going to be one of those days.  After all, I was faced with this. So what’s new you might think.  This is a regular view.  And you’d be right. This is really what caught my eye as I let the dogs...

The song of summer is still with us

One of the sure signs that it’s still summer is the song of the cicadas.  They are still churping away when the sun shines.  Normally you can hear but not see the cicadas but recently more have been hopping off their trees and coming to ground giving me the...

Photostudy: down by the river

Bunking off with the dogs is a daily treat.  Taking the camera makes it all the more fun.  Down by the Hutt River I spotted some new things to snap and keep practising my photography. Although I’ve seen loads of white cow parsley I’ve never seen...