I remember 2006 being a year long winter. A cold, wet winter in the UK and a cold wet autumn, winter, spring and summer in New Zealand. It wasn’t until weeks into 2007 that I realised that sunshine existed. I’m starting to get that feeling of déjà ... 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... I remember the pain of returning to work after a vacation. The numbness of arriving to my desk and the energy it required to talk to lots of other people. The exhaustion that sets in from mid morning and the overwhelming feeling to lay my head on the desk and hope... 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... There is something comforting buying plants from a nursery rather than a garden centre. There’s no glitz and glamour or bright labels to distract you but row upon row of plants. You can keep focused on what you’ve come to buy rather than being... 