Crisp morning air and blue skies again today heralded another sunny but chilly day in paradise. These are fast becoming the best parts of the day. Closeted in my office there is no time for lingering outside but I do enjoy the time before the phone rings. Time to... Pulling the latest new vegetable from the Kitchen Garden today took a great deal more effort than I imagined. The nobbly celeriac had put down roots into the ground requiring a deep dig to retrieve it from the plot. I grew these from seed and like all the other... One day of glorious sunshine on Saturday brought out the mischief in our little basset. As we were busy weeding, digging and planting roses Mason decided he should help with the laundry. You’ve got to love him for his kind gesture and that butter... I like to see Friday’s as a decompression chamber. The day when you start to wind down and clean up before relaxing into the weekend. Today was the first Friday in a while when I’d recaptured that notion rather than still be hacking away at work in my... It was a complete state of confusion when I let the chickens out the day the frost came. They ran out for their breakfast and were shocked to find that their pen had turned into a chiller. There was much standing on one foot before they all finally relented and... 