My wish for Spring was granted earlier this week. The bassets were loving the warmer sun to laze around on the veranda doing very little. They were hoping for good weather to linger so they could get their extra long walk. There are always special hikes to be... The Olympics are underway. The annual couch potato fest can begin. Well it might if only there weren’t so many darn adverts. I’m afraid we’re suffering from NZTV’s coverage which unlike the Beeb has adverts about every 15 minutes. After... I still get shivers when I think about the day we took possession of our house. There were builders crawling all over finishing up and cleaners crawling all over them trying to tidy up. I was standing in the midst of it all thinking…. it’s not ready,... You might remember my recent blogging about the trains at Wellington station. Imagine my surprise when I arrived in town for my Executive stint today to find more interesting trains. Vintage trains in fact. New Zealand is celebrating 100 years of the North Island... Well it’s that time of a holiday when you start to realise that it’s back to normal tomorrow. For me I don’t at least have to go far to my office. MT however has to done his commuter pack and head off to the city. Just before the holiday we had... 