Our veranda is ablaze with Spring colour which gives an uplifting note to the otherwise large green landscape surrounding the house. Â The more I look at the cheery blooms the more intrigued I am by the shapes, sizes and textures of tulips which serve to boost their... 
Don’t be fooled by this cutesy paw. Â It can do untold damage to your flower beds and then stencil your floors with muddy paw prints. Â It’s my punishment for putting the bassets on a boot camp regime of long walks and restricted diet. Â I like to think of... 
Friends of mine would rather leave the country than spend time in Wellington in October and November. Â It’s this time of year that Wellington most earns it’s weather reputation as being wild and windy. Â It’s a worrying time of year if you’re... It seems an age ago that I was crated up for hours on end in an airplane winging my way back to the southern hemisphere. Â As I crossed the globe I made plans for the garden. Â As always my parents garden provides plenty of inspiration. Â There is always so much... For all the years of friendship there is one food secret my friend Joanne and her husband refuse to share. Â They are the custodians of the Sarah Nelson Grasmere Gingerbread Recipe which they produce fresh from the original Sarah Nelson shop in Grasmere in the Lake... 
