I have a new strategy for wearing out the bassets. Take them on a walk with the neighbours dogs. Today we did our regular loop walk in only 60 minutes when it normally takes us around 80-90. These two boys are in love with their new friends and ran almost the... Like most of my gardening things are a bit haphazard with planting dates. I’m a few weeks late by Wellington standards if the local blogs are to be believed but what the heck. This year is a total experiment so we’ll see what happens. Traditionally... Even without the movie representation of Lord of the Rings there is no doubt that the natural beauty of New Zealand evokes imagination, magic and mystery in a way that other places I’ve visited never have. It’s majestic landscape really punches above... The bassets are back on form and back into routine. That’s more than can be said for me. I think there may have been too much talking yesterday or heaven forbid kennel cough has crossed to humans. I work up this morning with very little voice. A sore... We were gripped by freezing temperatures this morning. Enough to freeze the water in the chicken house and we were surrounded by freezing fog across the valleys. It were perfect photography material but today of all days I didn’t have time to capture the... 