When morning breaks into song

The birds are coming back and whilst there isn’t a quite a dawn chorus (apart from Rooster George) there is definitely a more Spring like feeling in the morning air.  Day breaks have  been spectacular this week and I took a few minutes to capture the sun rise...

Bok Choi, the perfect quick and easy dinner companion

After much blog chatter about my Bok Choi it was first harvest this week.  It was a low key affair as I grabbed two plants from the potager in a hurry on my way back from putting the chickens to bed.  I do the messy clean up of the plants in the utility room, close...

The yin and yang of weather

We have the yin and yang of weather right now.  Bright sunny days and cold frosty nights. The morning frosts are pretty spectacular and none more so at our local golf course at Te Marua. I drive past the course on my commuter run and couldn’t resist stopping...

Weekend domestics are perfect

My second post on this blog pondered on the rules of weekend working for a Domestic Executive.  More than three years on I’m pleased to b able to report that my beloved and I have settled on  the ideal solution.  At weekends, he cooks and if he hasn’t...

Sun, sea and seashells, kiwi style

Glorious sunshine called for a trip to the beach so we headed off to our favourite and we weren’t disappointed.  Fortnum was so excited to be close to the sea again he shot off out of the back of the car and didn’t stop running for about 10 minutes. ...