First, the rose has been cleaned up and taken away by trusty Tony – here is a pic taken this morning. Today has exceedingly bright sunshine, like you so often …

I’m only going to make this brief and tantalise you. Little did I know how bad things were going to get on Sunday when I posted the last which was …

My sister Judy emailed the other day and remarked that it was about a year ago that I’d rung her in Adelaide and said, “I’m not feeling so good.” It …

The frost descended again yesterday and this morning also. Very, very cold. Even my lovely gas fires are not coping with this. Yesterday I had an early morning appointment in …

I think the first frost of each year really needs to be celebrated. This morning was the coldest of the year so far, under freezing (unusual for where I am) …

I put up my preserving page today, and in it I allude (ha!) to my dislike of supermarkets. Because I can remember a world before supermarkets, I know what kind of effect they have …