I was reminded this morning of an autumn holiday we took in Tuscany over 10 years ago. Bright morning sunshine and deep autumn mists. The colours all around were bright with vivid yellows and reds The landscape still dry from the beating of summer sun. On... Being a retreat virgin I was stepping into the unknown. I certainly didn’t realise how exhausting being chilled out can be. No time for sightseeing photography. But here’s a glimpse of what I think is one of the most magical and beautiful parts of... Being licked by a basset tongue is one of the single most unattractive things to happen to you. Mostly because I know that tongue goes to places I’d really rather it didn’t and certainly not then come near me. Little basset is the past master at... As a rule I’m not one for creative processing of photographs. For one thing that would require me to master Photoshop and it seems to me that is a life’s work. I am a simple girl and that’s why my I’m becoming such a Mac girl. Their... One of the funniest parts of basset wrestling is when they square off against each other. Not making eye contact but readying themselves to launch a surprise attack. This was a square off on one of our walks. The objective was to be the first basset to push off... 