Our basset hounds enjoy the simple pleasures in life. To run and play in the sun is their favourite.Today was a fine day so I escaped my DE duties and took the bassets down to Tunnel Gully for their daily walkies. They love it there – large open green space for... Becoming a domestic executive has been a reality I’ve dreamed about for a very long time. It was the house in the country, the bassets, chickens, home grown veg and some useful paid work to keep me in the domestic executive lifestyle.What I didn’t... I’m always looking for inspiration for our garden. Looking at other people’s gardening success makes it a whole heap easier to keep the vision for our own garden and landscaping alive. It was after reading about the gardens at the Chateau de Villandry in... Welcome to the new home of the Domestic Executive blog. Hope you like the new surroundings! One of the down sides of being a Domestic Executive is that it plays havoc with your hands. Despite intensive treatments – Burt’s Bees Intensive Cream (thanks Tara), Vaseline Intensive Care Cream (thanks Boots!) and Nivea cream – I’ve still got... 