Spring winds have been playing havoc making it hard to do anything outside today for fear of being lifted off the ground by a gust of wind. I think the chickens were fearing for their lives. I certainly wasn’t taking any chances and stayed indoors catching... It may have been freezing outside recently but the heat in the Domestic Executive kitchen has been turned up high today. Maybe a little too high but we don’t let a little heat come between us and domesticity at it’s cosiest. Whether it’s hot or... Faux Spring is something I read about it in gardening books and magazines – times you must be cautious about frosty conditions. Right now it’s like Spring has regressed to winter again. Bitterly cold and frosts on the ground. With all this talk of... It’s just as well I’ve taken photographs of some of our Spring blooms. Without them in my visual vault I might actually forget what Spring is all about. We are once again in the grip of a southerly which makes it feel like mid winter instead of mid... Living with basset hounds I tend to forget there are other dogs in the world. Of course I know there are other dogs in the world it’s just I don’t think any other dogs have the character and slobbering ability as my two hounds.   But oh how wrong I am.... 