Hasn’t it been lovely to have a happy headline for once? And one that links my favourite Royal couple with new baby news at that!  Prince George is going to be a big brother sometime next year while Prince Harry gets to be the cool uncle one more.  In other Big Brother  news, the 2014 Australian housemates…

Dear Dad Happy Father’s Day. I’m sitting at work waiting for it to be a reasonable hour in Perth before I give you a call.  I know you’ve got a busy day planned with mum and our Perth based family so I’ve got to time this call just so. The words I have to thank…

A bit of sad news to begin with today. www.smh.com.au The explosive fire in Rozelle and the unfolding tragedy of three young lives senselessly lost was horrible news to wake up to this morning. www.smh.com.au This afternoon’s press conference was one of the saddest news broadcasts I’ve driven home to. Life was going on as…

Sun, long time no see.  So nice of you to join us again just in time for the start of spring. I  first felt and saw your rays when I got out of the pool on Sunday morning. And then spent the rest of the day periodically checking the sky to make sure you were…

It’s the weekend and it’s raining.  Bet you didn’t see that coming. We can’t complain too much though.  Gardens are getting watered.  Their rain slicked driveways also happen to make an excellent canvas for sidewalk chalk.  The colours become more vivid and the glitter more intense. The wet spell has had other effects around the…

Who needs alarm clocks and the flashing lights of their bedside phone to wake them up when the sound of these late winter downpours will do the trick without adding to your electricity bill? I was up with the rain this morning and *insert gloating sigh*, being my day off, I bounced out of bed…

Toddler SSG hasn’t quite got the hang of crayons or play doh but he does have a way with expressing himself through interior design. It was a weekend and a half in the busyness stakes and I wish today was a long weekend Monday because it would’ve been nice to have today off to recover.…

If you haven’t already read Nigel Slater’s ‘Eating for England‘, you’re in for a treat.  It’s one of those perfect winter reads. www.nigelslater.com The inspiration for ‘Eating’ came as Slater when he was asked by the American press about what defines the British attitude to food.  He recalls struggling to find an eloquent answer but…

On the bright side, how clean are our cars looking now? We’ve hit that week of endless late winter rain in Sydney and while it’s been soothing listening to it from the warmth of my bed at night, the soggy days have been a challenge to negotiate.  Boggy front lawns mean cabin fever for toddlers…

It’s such a changeable time of year, weather wise, isn’t it? One day you’re out watching the fog lift to reveal nearly naked trees with fading flowers clinging to bare branches.  And the next you’re out in the backyard  with the sun on your face and watching as it begins to set in a piercing…