With all the excitement of chickens, bassets, mice (the headcount is now 6), hedges and other miscellaneous country life I thought it was time to prove that I’m not completely oblivious of things outside of my patch of land.When I’m not blogging I love to... Loyal blogger readers will remember that our house building dreams haven’t entirely run a smooth course. For new readers, here’s the crux of our story.Anyway, we were out yesterday with the bassets walking the Rimutaka Incline Trail which is a recreational... You’ll remember we’ve been having a few mouse problems. I followed the advice available from friends and the internet and my mouse catching tally has increased to 4.You’d think I’d be pleased. But every time I pick up a shut mouse trap with a... I know that my blog readers believe all I say but today I felt it was important to supplement with some evidence just incase there was any chance of confusion, doubt or ambiguity.It is officially cold!Minus one when I got up this morning at 6am, two degrees colder... As I pottered into town yesterday enjoying the sunshine the weather reports on the radio were warning snow down to 200m in some parts of New Zealand.Imagine my delight when MT said we’ve got snow this morning. Yes, we do indeed. Our surrounding hill tops are... 