1. Sankey's fishcakes - they are chunky, fat, crispy on the outside and nearly all fish with just a bit of potato.
2. Fenella's flowers that Andy gave her - they are enormous and red, including velvety roses, and he sent them to her at work. Top marks, boyo. Also he brings her tulips.
3. When you find your mojo so that when you toss your pancake, it doesn't stick or end up on the floor or the ceiling or someone's head. And the pancake turns out perfectly - brown and crisp on one side and pale with dark brown spots on the other.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...