Over the summer months when the golf course was very dry, the ground became rock hard and consequently the result of each golf shot became more interesting. The ball, once it hit the ground, instead of pulling up after a couple of metres, continued to roll for up to 50 metres. Sometimes this resulted in… Read more

We have a bird bath with a cement bird in the centre, the bath is positioned under a crepe myrtle that has beautiful pink flowers. The other day I was inside looking out and realised that the cement coloured ornamental bird had a pink beak. Being quite observant, I was surprised that I had never… Read more

I am on the gardening committee in the complex we live in. Lately there has been a bit of discord between the convenor and some of the committee members. The committee is a hierarchical structure and it is the job of the person at the top (the convenor) to liaise with the head gardener to… Read more

We have a cold spot on the bottom shelf on one side of the fridge. I usually keep a bottle of soda water along there so nothing too leafy ends up there and consequently freezes. Last week, out of soda water, the lettuce somehow found its way to the cold spot and I can tell… Read more

I was walking around a suburban neighbourhood and noticed a most fabulous paling fence. Someone had shaped the top of the palings to a point and painted them brightly to look like coloured pencils. The effect was great and made me stop, look, smile and take a photo. Whoever had done it had turned something… Read more

We have a beautiful weeping maple tree tucked into a corner of the garden quite close to the house. Whilst we were away earlier this year the outside of our place was being painted and some of the branches of the tree were in the way. The painters broke the offending branches off so they… Read more

In the last few months we have all heard about fire retardant, the substance used to slow or stop the spread of fire. It is a valuable tool to assist with the job of stopping the flames, and so valuable with the situation our firefighters are currently facing. But, whilst we are all praying that… Read more

When we had our first daughter in 1984, microwave ovens had just started to become a regular part of a suburban kitchen. I can remember our first one was huge and cost around $700 – quite a sum for those days. Well what a long way technology has come since then. The electronic things that… Read more

It took me ages to see what was not quite right in this snap of a Melbourne suburban garden, but once I did, it was impossible to ‘unsee’ it. The sender urged me to ‘seek and you shall find’ and eventually I did find it. Now when I look at the photo it is the… Read more

I recently bought a new pair of shoes. There was a brochure in the box telling me how to look after them to keep them looking good for as long as possible. Along with these tips was the following point, ‘We strongly recommend buying several pairs of shoes, so you don’t wear out one pair… Read more