Quietly sitting under a tree

I might just sit here


And reflect for a little while



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Cutting back $2 daisies

What great value for money these have been!


I bought five of these, about three years ago and they come up to waist height each year.

I can cut them back in spring - as I'm doing here - and the keep coming back for more.

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L'Atelier, a great memory

Ah. Doing my expenses from that trip to France, and I found this beautiful, really cool logo at the top of one of my receipts.

Breaking Murphy's law with a box gutter

Effectively Murphy's law is about how we should not build systems that have the opportunity for catastrophic failure.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the box gutter:



So if ever you hear a builder complaining about box gutters, it's because a blockage would back up and release through the ceiling. Builders avoid them when they can, given enough time - and in this case lack of maintenance - something will go wrong.

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Christmas is on the way

Many thanks to Professor Bunyip for the great link



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Alice Cooper: Great Memories

We all get old, but Alice Cooper is doing it well. And they loved his concert.


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Question for Malcolm Campbell: sunburn here?

These loquats are ripening but to my annoyance they're browning off where the sun's hitting them. I'm sure it's just sunburn, nothing too much. What do you think, Malcolm?






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