The weekend is beckoning like light at the end of the tunnel. Except we’ve been bathed in golden light all week – sunshine warm enough to bring out the shorts and jandals. It’s been warm and dry enough that I relented and used some of our... Fortnum likes to survey his kingdom and usually flops down on the highest point of the garden next to the kitchen garden. That way he can see me yet keep and eye on any other possible intruders. With the sun setting it was a golden light and perfect for a basset... Seeing peas seedlings pop up through the soil says summer is on it’s way. But it also means it’s time to do battle with the bamboo canes for a spot of garden engineering. My original plan this year was to construct some obelisks and paint them in... Chatting to a fellow dog walker this week, I was asked whether photography was my hobby. I was momentarily taken aback by the question since I’d never thought of it like that. Photography is something I just do. As the bassets and I strolled on further I... Studio photography has always seemed like a cop out to me when you have a big wide world and it’s natural illumination to use. So it was with a not so open mind that I turned up at this weekend’s photography workshop which was all about studio... 