Health kick

Health kick

As health kicks go, here’s one I’m really enjoying.  Eating cakes that are not so naughty but terribly nice to eat.  I’ve started to bake my way through Harry Eastwood’s Red Velvet Chocolate Heartache Cookbook which was in my Christmas...
Blessed are the cheese makers

Blessed are the cheese makers

The new rhythms of bread making have hit home and I haven’t bought bread since the beginning of the year.  I’ve added flat breads to my repertoire and when I can master soft rolls, bagels and english muffins we’ll be about as self sufficient in...
Basset fun and finding my photomojo

Basset fun and finding my photomojo

For the last six months I’ve been stuck in a photographic rut with no serious photography projects underway.  Although I still carry my camera and take photographs for the blog the passion, drive and inspiration got lost along the way.  A cloud seemed to...
Basset Gallery: February 2012

Basset Gallery: February 2012

Not really grasping the fact that we’ve slipped into January caused me all sorts of confusion the other day. It was only when I had put the phone down did I realise that I needed to flip the page on the basset calendar. Hardly surprising since it was only a week...
30 days and cheese making

30 days and cheese making

30 days into the new year I slipped on my harness and crawled back to work. If it wasn’t for the boundless energy and enthusiasm of the people I was working with it would have been a grim day.  Aside from the burning desire to find a quiet corner and take a nap...