I felt like a change, so I’ve updated the layout of my blog. Saving a screenshot of the previous layout just for posterity.
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It’s been just over three years since I built my pallet garden. Since then it has been relocated to a new address (not a fun exercise!) and I’ve had to replace a couple of plants, but in general it lasted quite well. Recently, however, it has started looking a bit […]
The theme for my work Christmas party this year was jungle. Excited by the possibilities this opened for costumes, we started brainstorming and searching the internet. We stumbled across a photo of someone dressed in feathers and decided a parrot costume would be fun. Searching for parrot costumes we found […]
Almost 12 months on and I have an update on the beetles which are eating our lilly pilly plants. At the time of writing my previous post on this topic, I had thought maybe my hunting had had an impact on the beetle population because throughout January and February I […]
My posts seem to come in fits and starts. I get enthusiastic and have a burst of posts, then I lose interest and don’t write anything for several months. It’s been 9 months since my last post, which is a bit disappointing. I’m sure I have some stories to share […]
We’d had a couple of busy days, so we decided to take it easy in Seminyak. After a sleep in, we had a swim in the pool and were surprised when someone knocked on the gate! It was the maid who was looking after our villa. She asked if we […]
Over 12 months ago I spotted a bright green beetle on the outside of the window. It was similar in size and shape to a ladybird, but instead of red and black it was bright green. I took a photo, admired its shiny shell then promptly forgot about it. The […]
Since Google Now first appeared on my Nexus 4 in 2013 I’ve been continually impressed by the little bits of information it has offered up. At first it was the small things like the weather in my current location, or if I was away from home then it would let […]