I think it’s fair to say that almost 8 weeks after summer officially started that I can declare summer here. I know this because the cicadas are chirping, a sure fire sign that at last New Zealand has reached it’s summer weather pattern. It’s... It’s been a couple of weeks but the potager has come up trumps again with something else for us to eat. Can you tell what it is peaking out of the ground? Yup, that’s right, the orange of life, carrots. I was never a great lover of carrots when I was a... Here’s a picture of a simply brilliant basset handler. She’s grown up with bassets and knows how to keep them under control. I can learn a lot from her. I took this photograph of her at the basset show on Monday and with her Mum’s permission have... The hardest thing about living in New Zealand is saying goodbye to visitors when they leave. My in-laws have been, stayed and now gone. The house is earily quiet. Just MT, I and the bassets at home. As always when family come it passes in a flash even though... It’s a bitter ending for George’s antics. Drastic action had to be taken. Yes, our magnificent rooster has simply gone to far. Chicken keeping visitors marvel at George’s rooster prowess. But they haven’t been on the end of his beak ... 