After a tense week, normal war and peace has resumed with the bassets. They were united in destroying this toy to get the much more interesting to chew stuffing out. Shame that bassets don’t play catch or fetch. It would be much less exhausting for... The point has come where I need a little more formal practice to improve my photography. That is to say I photograph things rather than snap at them. But this is easier said than done. But never one to give up easily I took the opportunity during one of our... He may not be our water babe but Little basset is a beach babe. So much space to run and prance around in. Not to mention the sniffing options which are almost limitless. It was hard keeping track of where he was with his tendencies to head for the dunes and... Swimming has not been a strong point for Fortnum and Mason but big basset is getting braver as far as paddling goes. I’ll have him out on a surf board before the week is out. That’s if he recovers his nerve from this over basset sized wave. This is what little basset thinks of me taking his photo when he’s on the run. What a charmer. I’m still trying to master the camera working in the darkness of the forest where my new lens makes it much more possible to work in the low light... 