1. It is humbling to hear an expert (Frances Smith, salad leaf pioneer) defer to another expert ("Joy Larcombe: she gets it all right, while the others only get some of it right. It was one of her books that got our business going.")
2. I do some tidying and cleaning -- and it's for us, not for a viewing.
3. Games night -- Timeless Treats delivers a box of beautiful cupcakes and Pete delivers a thrilling adventure on a lonely atoll.
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...