The only rushing around a basset hound is normally related to food. Otherwise you’ll find them making themselves comfy and taking in the view. That is of course if they are not stretched out and snoring loudly. With all the toing and froing in the garden... 
Our latest garden development has been a drama of epic proportions with the trials and tribulations tweeted over recent weeks. Thankfully though I can report on a happy ending. The greenhouse is almost ready for its official opening, just a little more compost to be... 
I don’t know whether it’s the unseasonably warm weather but this week I’ve felt like I’m in a holding pattern. It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve pottered along doing my thing and try as I might to find something to blog... Wandering along the Hutt River today I was struck by how I missed the usual autumn colour this year. Most of our trees or their leaves were blown away in the gale winds of a few weeks ago and I haven’t made the pilgrimage to the local park where there is... I’ve been very slack lately about taking my camera with me to town when I’m working. I came to realise that it was because lugging my camera around with all my work paperwork was making my shoulder ache. To remedy that I dug out my baby DLSR and was... 
