We’re enjoying Wellington Day today. This means a day off for MT and the annual basset show. Last year was a daunting experience to be taking Fortnum and Mason to a place with so many other people and bassets but they behaved beautifully despite it being one... It was a day for treats – birthday treats in honour of my mother-in-law. Weather wise is wasn’t great but that didn’t stop our celebrations. So where do you go for birthday treats round here? The wine region of course! Martinborough is the region... Having done battle with thistles for weeks and weeks and weeks it gave me an enormous amount of pleasure to spend an hour in the garden to photograph a few still remaining on the other 4 acres of land. There have been times when I have hated these pesky things but... You know that feeling when you’ve completed a job. A hard job. A job that’s been a long and hard slog. Something that’s used up lots of energy, brainpower and resources. A job that you’d wished you never started but carried on till the... In the UK our last house had a name. It was called Holly House on account of the enormous holly trees in the garden. It was wonderful at this time of year lots of red juicy berries giving the place a real festive feel. Holly is not something that you see a great... 