Today is Daffodil Day, one of the major fund raising activities for the Cancer Council. Similar to the start of wattle trees blooming, this day and seeing bright flowers, like daffodils, is a signal to me that winter is soon ending and spring, with its warmer temperatures and longer, sunnier days is just around the … Continue reading
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Photos Like Tulips
They just love to fill up the frame. Amazing colours of Spring. These were taken at the most recent Tesselaar Tulip Festival up near the Dandenong Ranges, outside of Melbourne. It is a weird sort of place, this Tulip farm. They charge around $30 Australian dollars to walk around rows of flowers, then get you … Continue reading
Pickling olives
They are pickled! Continue reading
Visit to the coffee goodness
A great coffee place deserves a call out, and to create jealousy, envy, hatred, or pick the feelings of your choice. Omar’s has awesome coffee, worth exporting this stuff to the world. This delightful Americana (long black) was the star performer. Go get some! Continue reading
Plates of the world
It happened in an Italian restaurant one cold winter night. One table with a triple contribution by the great plate makers of the world – England, China, and of course Australia! Never seen it before, will it ever be seen again 😎 Ps – And great pizza. Continue reading
5 Simple Ways to Save the Bees
For the past decade, bee populations across North America have been sending up alarms. Some bee species are at or near the brink of extinction. There’s a close link between the continued population decline and the use of industrial pesticides on crops and in gardens, as well as sustained loss of habitat for many bee … Continue reading
