by Frank | Jul 11, 2014 | What's Happening
I am writing these updates from a restored old farm house in the Saône-et-Loire department of eastern France, as we are four months into our year long sabbatical travels in Europe. We left an interesting Lyon the other day in a scorching 37C heat and even up here at... 
by Frank | Jan 24, 2014 | What's Happening
Sunrise at Ocean Beach with Moulin in a frame from the film “Instinct”, shot in 2003 when she was nearly two years old. Moulin on Ocean Beach with Hayley in February 2002, shortly after her arrival in New Zealand, just turning six months old. I arrived in... 
by Frank | Jan 16, 2014 | What's Happening
John Dory for dinner! The sights and smells of summer.. Finnefupster digging into some late night crab. Snapper treated like a piece of meat – inspired by Jamie Oliver. Early up to hit the water at dawn. This is first light at Bream Bay before Aidan and I went... 
by Frank | Sep 11, 2013 | What's Happening
Another New Zealand hunting season gone, from the first Saturday in May to the last Sunday in August. Fairly good numbers of pheasants. In particular, we’ve had lots of good situations on hen pheasants (which in NZ are protected). There seemed to have been a... 
by Frank | Mar 25, 2013 | What's Happening
On a recent trip to Queenstown in the southern part of NZ I was thinking about what incredible distance away from home I am. I grew up inside the Arctic Circle of North Norway and my brother, after a stint in the southern part of the country, moved up to Hammerfest.... 
by Frank | Jan 24, 2013 | What's Happening
EDIT: Since I wrote the piece below Aidan got into spearfishing big time. We both use spearguns now in addition to some missions still only using pole spears. I love being in the water. As an ex competitive swimmer, Elite swim instructor and keen scuba diver...