Our latest garden development has been a drama of epic proportions with the trials and tribulations tweeted over recent weeks. Thankfully though I can report on a happy ending. The greenhouse is almost ready for its official opening, just a little more compost to be... 
I don’t know whether it’s the unseasonably warm weather but this week I’ve felt like I’m in a holding pattern. It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve pottered along doing my thing and try as I might to find something to blog... 
Wandering along the Hutt River today I was struck by how I missed the usual autumn colour this year. Most of our trees or their leaves were blown away in the gale winds of a few weeks ago and I haven’t made the pilgrimage to the local park where there is... I’ve been very slack lately about taking my camera with me to town when I’m working. I came to realise that it was because lugging my camera around with all my work paperwork was making my shoulder ache. To remedy that I dug out my baby DLSR and was... In the dog world Basset Hounds are at the top of the brains league. For example, Mason knows exactly where his Lordship’s work bag is that contains the sometimes not quite empty sandwich pack. Fortnum knows the perfect opportunity to have his revenge on... 
