1. We hand in our tenancy agreement -- we're going to stay in this homey, welcoming house for another year.
2. Laura brings out a sponge cake topped with toasted coconut. I'd never thought have doing that, and it's delicious, particularly with lemon sponge.
3. Last thing at night I can hear Nick doing the task I forgot -- setting off the bread machine.
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...