Tomato seedlings are in the ground. The rule in Ballarat is not to plant them out until after Melbourne Cup Day for fear of frost. A dozen are now in two neat rows, ready to grow like billy-o. May the vegetable gods smile upon them!
Indoor plants are fussy creatures. They require more attention than I give them and often end relegated to the veranda, presumed dead. But sometimes, they make a remarkable recovery despite being ignored, and come back with vibrant green vigour (and minus the fuzzy white bug). I discovered this morning that my exiled Elephant
One crop of broad beans means broad beans in perpetuity. This year’s crop I put zero effort into, except for harvesting a big box this morning. Thank you for feeding me, mother nature.
Another Spring culinary joy is when the vine tomatoes arrive in the fruit and vegie shop, looking red and plump, like they’ve enjoyed some sunshine. The total lack of flavour in those terrible pale tomatoes that sit miserably on the shelf all throughout winter just make me sad. But the red of properly
I had my piano tuned today. It is an annual event ,yet every year I forget just how beautiful it is to have a piano that is perfectly in tune. Now my biggest challenge is to drag myself away from it.
Is it a sand bag? No, it’s a big black banana. The kind that sits forgotten in the bottom of a giant’s fruit basket and eventually will be made into an enormous banana cake.
Spring sunshine, a glass of rosé and painterly clouds sounds like a cliché but is oh so nice. I particularly like the style of whoever is on cloud art duty today.
I don’t know what all the cool people do on a Saturday night, but I’ve been home baking. All by hand – it doesn’t take long and I enjoy the feel of the dough in my fingers. Now my whole house smells delicious and comforting.
Every time I see these roadwork speed humps, I think they should paint them to look like a piano keyboard. Only a subtle difference, but then we could all imagine a horde of speeding pianos hooning down Flinders Lane.
I love the smell of rain on warm, dry ground. It makes the day a little adventure – sometimes trying to avoid getting wet but not really needing to because it’s not cold.
