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The Die is Cast http://diecastthings.blogspot.com/
I collect diecast model cars, and I'm interested in both the history of the cars, plus photographing them in dioramas which I create in Photoshop.
Garden Amateur http://gardenamateur.blogspot.com/
I've been gardening here in my small backyard in inner-city Sydney for over 20 years, growing a potager style mix of vegies, herbs and flowers. I also like to blog about cooking and the wildlife that drops in for a visit.

Credit Where It's Due

As regular blog readers here might know, to earn a living I work on a gardening magazine. I mostly edit the text written by everyone else, including our real... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME
Innocent Bystander

"I wasn't doing nuthin' officer. I was just growing here, minding my own business, when these pelargoniums muscled their way in. If there's anyone trying to tak... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME
Sweet Scents

It will be a major innovation when they finally figure out how to do it, but wouldn't it be nice if someone invented a 'scratch and sniff' widget which you coul... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME
Razzle & Tatty Dazzle

One of my most fabulously lurid flowers is at it again. Blooming, I mean. It's my 'Bengal Tiger' canna lily. In polite gardening circles the colour orange is... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME
Crunchy Munchies

My girl Pam likes her healthy snacks: carrot sticks, celery sticks and cucumber sticks. (I think all this health food puts the cosmic balance of our house out o... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME
Country Style

Change of place, change of pace, I paid a visit to rural New South Wales for a very short break, and took a little pocket camera with me as I suspected the... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME