What children see at the sea

Bundeena Here is an extract from a poem by e e cummings about what four children saw at the sea:   “. . .; and May came home with a smooth round stone as small as the world and large as alone For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea” maggie and milly and molly and may e e cummings  Read More

The Fifth Estate on Senator Carr’s launch

Some interesting quotes and photos of Senator Carr’s book launch are reported in The Fifth Estate.  Read More

Of male and female lillies and cleaning up

Female lily on the left, male on the right The lily on the right of the photo with the several brownish dingle dangle stamens is a male.   The lily on the left with the single, small stamen is a female.   The receptionist I spoke to says the male drops the stamens over the desk through the week while the female doesn’t drop a thing.   Just observing here, M  Read More

Trial of new 200 litre compost bin

New 200 litre compost bin – a bit (~ 100mm) wider than a milk crate Today we began trialling a new 200 litre compost bin made by Aerobin.  It’s half the size of their 400 litre bin.  It’s footprint is half the size, too:  it’s 510mm x 510mm x 1175mm high.  To my eyes it’s more elegant.  It’s smaller size increases the range of locations it may go into.   It looks as though it will aerate the compost more effectively than... Read More

Chooks die in heat when there’s no breeze

A friend, Judy, passed on this important detail about the impact of heat on chooks: “I just picked up my meat from Feather and Bone, a Marrickville butchery who buy their meat from local farmers, provenance immaculate and I asked about chickens. Sadly they have none as 320 died last Tuesday on the property of their Bellingen supplier, despite shade trees and water. Their deaths were caused by lack of breeze…… apparently chooks... Read More