Moody waters

The wet weather we’ve been having doesn’t put me in the best of moods.  I’m sick of trudging through mud and slush and I know that the chickens are fed up with their waterlogged pens. The good news though is that the streams and rivers are flowing...

Lunch box cakes

As if I don’t have enough domestic challenges on my plate my dear husband upped the ante when he decided to start taking a lunch box to work. Now the morning regime includes making up his daily lunchtime feed which consists of savoury and sweet treat.  I have...

Personal space

Having “me time” is a common focus of the coaching conversations I have with busy people.  For them there just isn’t enough time in the day for them to then find time for themselves. Little Basset is the consummate me time dog – he always...

New life for ponga

Taking a walk through the bush is like moving through a prehistoric land.  A place full of strange and beautiful things.  One of my favourites is the Ponga Tree which are the native New Zealand fern trees.  With the warm wet climate this winter it’s perfect...

Something extraordinary in an ordinary place

“Photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place………. ……………it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them”...