This week’s small pleasures #68

Since I was on holiday in Canberra and Melbourne last week, I have a lot of small pleasures to share, … More

Watching, listening, reading: September

Could somebody please tell me where September has gone? I’m sure I was commenting on the first day of spring … More

I love going to Botanic Gardens. Whether it is because I went frequently to the marvellous ones in Edinburgh where … More

When I originally booked my flight to Canberra to join Karl for a wee break, we had every intention just … More

As part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, is one of only three tracking facilities … More

Having spent Saturday night watching the election results from New Zealand (enough said…), we recovered by heading out on Sunday … More

Now in its thirtieth year, Floriade is an annual spring event here in Canberra. The first one was held to … More

Friday night saw me heading out to the airport to catch a flight to Canberra. As it turned out, it … More

If we were having coffee…no wait, the sun is well over the yard arm, let’s have a glass of wine. … More

So here we are again, with another round of this week’s small pleasures. I think this is such an important … More