My local timber merchant’s yard is feeling like a second home. Riffling through wood piles to find the straightest pieces of wood or sitting in the sun with one of the lads as we fathom out how much of what I need to bring my scribbles on a piece of paper... Keeping chickens is one of my domestic pleasures. They are easy to keep and the rewards are immense. I still get an excited feeling picking out their eggs each day and using those eggs in cooking brings greater levels of significance and responsibility. Now the... We have not had the heating on nearly so much in the last week so it’s definitely picking up weather wise. It doesn’t take away from the fact that October was the coldest it’s been in New Zealand for 25 years. I have high hopes for the rest of... I think my photography mojo was left in the overhead locker in an Air New Zealand plane. Although I’ve snapped away since being back from our big trip my hearts just not been fully in it. I’m forcing myself to go out every day and fine things to... Everyday I’ve been doing my anxious mother hen impression checking on the seeds I planted last week. Watching and waiting to see the signs of seedlings breaking cover through the light dusting of soil I pushed over them. The first shoots started coming... 