Everyday's a scorcher.  I don't know why they bother with the weather forecast.  It's hot hot and more hot.  We really don...

  The heat is tiring, even now at 8pm it's sweltering. The fan inside blows air so hot it feels as though we are living in a sauna.  We ...

  The midsummer garden  The ground is brown and dry. Still, some plants are loving the sun....... and surviving with constant watering  This...

  This is a question for NZers who read my blog. Back in the 60s my mother made a marvellous curry.  Chicken, lamb or beef curry?  I can...

  A full moon party The grandsons did a change of lock on our car. It's handy having mechanics in the family. The electronic locking sys...

  A crew of municipal workers have   trimmed all the tall tinder-dry grass on road sides.  The grass verges of our road were  so long it had...

A social morning  after a chance meeting with neighbours in the supermarket.  They were going for a beer and invited us along.      Summer...