UPDATE: 4 February 2009: I’m entering this picture into the contest with the lovely people at I heart Faces. This week they’ve opened up a pet’s category. Although I was tempted to enter one of the zillion of pictures I have of the bassets I think... I couldn’t have set this photoshoot up even if I tried. This stick insect had the audacity to land on my glasses one night last week. It was gross, I was wearing the glasses at the time. Given the amount of strimming I’d been doing I thought it must... As normal radio programmes returned this morning after a month of summer time scheduling (yes, things close down over the holidays), I thought it’s time I eased myself back into business as usual. As a Domestic Executive this is a truly wonderful thing. My... It’s been hot, hot, hot this weekend. In excess of 30 degrees I reckon. Just the weather you need to tame a field. Yeah, right! Regardless of the weather we’ve a list of things to do before winter and when I look at the list and look at the weather,... I think it’s fair to say that almost 8 weeks after summer officially started that I can declare summer here. I know this because the cicadas are chirping, a sure fire sign that at last New Zealand has reached it’s summer weather pattern. It’s... 