After the hustle and bustle of Arrowtown Autumn Festival it was so tranquil to take a few minutes to just sit and enjoy the view at Lake Hayes. Â I resisted the temptation to spend too much time trying to make a perfect landscape photograph preferring instead to just... 
Getting a bird’s eye view from a plane reminds you what a largely unspoiled country New Zealand is. Â Miles and miles of empty landscape – the sheer scale of it is mesmerising. Â But this was nothing compared to hugging the mountain to tip into Queenstown,... Somewhere amongst making Afternoon Tea, bread making, baking croissants and making cheese earlier this year I started to realise that I really like food. Â No really – making food, reading about food, talking about food and yes, of course, eating it too. Â I... 
The long Easter break last weekend was the perfect reason to kick back, enjoy the warm spell and take a break from the never ending list of things to do. Â There is a promise of lots more lovely fine weather which is such a temptation to hang out the hammock again and... It may be call the love apple (Pomme D’Amour) but for now I have a love-hate thing going on with my tomatoes. I am overcome with delight that after years of struggling to grow tomatoes outdoors my poly greenhouse has been the perfect haven for growing them but... 
