Baxter's first week.

We have been the proud owners of the most handsome dog in the whole world for a week now. He is very well behaved and we love him heaps.

He has helped Don in the vege garden....

And been generally cute.

He hung out with Ping in the weekend while Don was off rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous... Ping was a bit jealous she missed out on seeing Jake in the flesh.

We had our friends Matt and Larry over for a BBQ on Monday. It was a little chilly but still good fun.

 

Baxter gets his next vaccination next week and then he has one more week before we can finally get him out into the park. He will love it!

Turkey

The other week Don was in Turkey filming for a motor sports show called The Grid.

 

Unfortunately due to the ash cloud from Iceland Don got stuck out there for 5 extra days. The up-side was that he got to watch a few days of the WRC rally and get some shopping done at the markets.

Baxter

 

Today we bought a wee puppy. We have decided to call him Baxter - partly after James K. Baxter, a well known NZ poet.

 

Baxter's Mum is a Border Collie called Sky and his Dad is a Collie/Labrador Cross called Jake. 

 

Baxter didn't mind travelling to his new home in the car but was not happy about his first bath.

 

After a big lunch Baxter decided it was best if he got to know his new mum and joined her on the couch to watch the TV.

Meeting Noah

The other week, Ping and I drove over to Nick and Lucy's to visit the latest addition to their family - Noah.  Noah was very quiet and well behaved. We also caught up with Ping's Aunty Caroline and Willow who kept us entertained most of the afternoon.

Summer is coming.

This weekend Don is away filming the Mountain Biking Champs so I decided to catch up with some friends in London. Dan, Leigh, Sis and me had our first picnic and BBQ of the year in Victoria Park.

We were then joined by Ben and Cat and three week old Max Biddington. He is pretty cute!

This afternoon I went for a stroll in the park - which is looking so pretty and colourful at the moment.

Garden Progress...

While Don is away in Istanbul filming the WRC I am keeping the seedlings and the garden watered.
The seedlings are growing and nearly ready to replant in the garden... although it still needs to warm up a bit!

The seeds planted into the garden are looking pretty good too....

 

We had Hannah Hill and Orla to stay over for Easter.  Hannah and Orla bought lots of yummy Easter eggs with them and Orla entertained us with her chirpy morning antics.

Ping has started a new job the past few weeks at a company called Camera Corps.  She is loving it and the people she is working with are great.

Don has been working for a few different companies including shooting a sports story with ESPN for Fantail Films. The shoot was in the ball room inside the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. The building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

Don has also been shooting for Warners Music to shoot and edit a film for a band called 'The Soldiers'. You can see the video here.