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• Duesenberg SSJ at the Roxy Theatre

  

  What lucky chaps some of those films stars are. Lots of money, stacks of girls and nice, fast cars. Back in the 1930s two leading men in particular lucked out... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Compost Harvest Time

  

  One of the really handy things about some blog postings is that they are a diary entry that I can refer back to months or years from now. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Thai Lime Time

  

  Pammy came home yesterday with a lovely present from her old friend Antonio – these amazing looking Thai 'kaffir lime' fruits. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Minis at Bathurst 1966

  

  Most of the cars I collect are 1:43 scale, and all the Photoshopped dioramas I have made so far have used 1:43 scale cars, but this time I'm using a tiddler to... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Hatchback Origins

  

  I've owned real 1:1 size hatchbacks for many years, because they're the perfect choice for our little two-person family of my wife and I, living here in Sydney'... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Mirror, Mirror

  

  on the wall, thanks for the slightly bigger garden. This is Pammy's idea. She spotted this mirror at a local second-hand furniture store, bargained and haggled... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Action at Phillip Island

  

  The famous annual 1000km race at the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst, New South Wales, actually started life as a 500 mile race at Phillip Island, Victoria,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Peugeot 404 Fire Extinguisher

  

  There was always going to be a Peugeot 404 Light Truck (better known as a Pickup) in my diecast cabinet, but the issue was 'which one?'. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Suddenly, Nothing Much Happened

  

  I know that on many occasions I have sung the praises of growing plants from seed, because it's very satisfying fun to do so, but in the interests of fairness... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Mrs Emma Peel's Lotus Elan

  

  Mrs Emma Peel would like it be known that anyone who tries to steal her Lotus Elan will probably be shot, not fatally, just sufficiently to prevent you... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• It's a Record!

  

  This is going to seem a bit tragically dull, but here's a photo of my rain gauge this morning. It's a new record, 102mm in one day, or four inches, just... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Rain at Last!

  

  Goody goody raindrops! Some decent rain at last, the first good fall of the year, in fact, and we're halfway through the third month. Huey, you've been a... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Feeding the Masses

  

  Having blogged about the Peugeot J7 van in the movie 'The Grocer's Son' a while back, this is something like Part Two of that little obsession, as I have added... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Silver Germans at the Mille Miglia

  

  I have a bit of a soft spot for models of old street cars with big numbers written on the driver's door. It just speaks volumes for the mindset of the car... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Handsome Italians

  

  Back in the days of no TV and poor spectator facilities at tracks (many of which were just closed-off open roads), the colour of the car you were hoping to... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• 3 x 2CVs

  

  If each country had to choose a car as its national ambassador, in the case of the French people themselves they would probably choose the Citroën DS, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Italian V-twin Melodies

  

  I love the sounds some motorcycles make, but I am picky about bike noise too. Not all bike sounds please me, but I do love a good Italian V-twin melody pretty... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Big Wheels at the Conference

  

  Hot on the heels of my big Russian Zil III Limousine which I recently blogged about here, an even longer limousine, the Mercedes 600 Pullman, has taken up... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• MG Magnette

  

  I was always going to have an MG Magnette in my collection, just because I liked them and more importantly knew some people who owned them and loved them. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• Plugging the Gaps

  

  Well, hello everyone. I've been away from blogging about gardens for a month and a day, although I don't think anyone actually noticed. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 GARDENING, HOME