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• Orchid Hunting

  

  There's so much about the town of Hilo on the north coast of the big island, Hawaii, that reminds Pam and me of home, although we're not exactly in full... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Combo Updater Holiday Blog - Aloha!

  

  Well, it has taken a few days to get the wireless connection for the laptop up and running smoothly, and so our on-the-road correspondent, Gulliver, (that's... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Pam's First Art Show

  

  Wow, what a wonderful day it was! Pammy's first solo art exhibition, and at the end of the first day she has sold 16 of the 32 paintings in the show. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Tangy Flowers

  

  Here in Sydney spring begins in late winter, if you know what I mean. Now that it's September the season is well and truly underway, and the generous feeding... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Flowers out of Thin Air

  

  Plants often talk to us by the way they go about flowering, and the message from this little person here is simple: "I'm happy, I like it here. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Lost Spring

  

  "We're going to miss out on spring this year," Pam said this morning, and she's mostly right, as we'll be travelling while many things will be bursting into lea... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Tempus Fugit

  

  Talk about time flying, my tempus has been fugiting along at a cracking pace lately. Here it is the middle of August and not a sausage from me on this blog... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Golden Fleece

  

  When a commercial brand is all around you, it's hard to imagine it ever disappearing completely. But it happens often and here in Australia it happened to Golde... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2011 MOTO

• The Morning Show

  

  There's one special advantage of having a garden which faces the morning sun; as you open the back door on a clear and sunny winter's morning, such as today's... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• An Artist's Eye

  

  I love it when Pammy says to me "come outside and have a look at this" because I know old eagle-eyes has done it again. And this morning she proved once more... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Good Morning, Everything!

  

  It's a little habit of mine that started so long ago that I can't remember when, but each day when I open the back door that leads straight out to the garden,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• On the Banking at Monza

  

  Those wonderful banked corners at the old Monza circuit are a classic case of "it seemed like a good idea at the time" but as things turned out they weren't suc... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2011 MOTO

• Cord 810 Phaeton

  

  One constant problem I've encountered when trying to create my little photographic dioramas of my diecast models is finding suitable backgrounds in color. With... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 MOTO

• Tibouchina Madness

  

  I have a crazy plan, and please don't tell me not to do it because I've already gone ahead and done it. Caution and craziness are total strangers around here. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• It's Happening, Just Slowly

  

  Winter gardens seem to be on Valium at times. Everything happens slowly. It's all quite calm, there's not the frenetic buzz of insects and birds like you get... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Overtaking Manoeuvres

  

  As a car-loving kid growing up in the 60s there was nothing better to me, not anything better, than an E-type Jaguar. And the really cool thing about E-type Jag... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 MOTO

• Talking Heads

  

  There's a famous TV ad here in Australia that has become part of our folklore, and the line that everyone remembers from that ad is "oh my God, the chips!". Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2011 GARDENING

• Set and Neglect

  

  As soon as I typed in the 'Set and neglect' heading for this little post, I thought "I've used that one before". But it turns out that no, I haven't. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Hello Greenland!

  

  Regular readers of my gardening blog might, if they have an exceptional memory, remember a posting I did in October last year, wondering if anyone with a... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Bopping at the Diner

  

  It's a bit of a no-brainer to decide on a diorama theme with some model cars. Take this 1956 Ford Thunderbird, a nice 1:43 model made by Franklin Mint. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2011 MOTO