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A weekend trip to Jakarta
I made an orchid post – a weekend project
I recently came across a Facebook posting describing how the writer made a plant tower using rebar (reinforcing steel bars) set in cement in a flowerpot. She then threaded pots onto the bar and filled them with plants. This looked like…
We host a python, temporarily
A trip through the ‘Long Paddock’
Go to the saleyards!
If you're spending a few days in country Australia and want something to do that is uniquely rural Australian and won't cost you anything, find out if the town has livestock sale-yards and which days they operate then head on down for…
Hungry in Taipei?
Before we left for Taipei for an eight day visit, we received lots of advice about places to eat. Night markets, Japanese food, yam foods of all kinds from yam balls to ice cream. We knew that a breakfast staple…
Hungry in Penang?
I wouldn't, like some I know, travel hundreds of km just to eat a famous dish for lunch. However, I do like to eat what's available and tasty, so I love going to Penang. We've been there many times over…
Living with Cats
Our first puss, the esteemed Teddy, came into our family by subterfuge. Daddy said "NO cats", so it was necessary to give the cat to mummy for her birthday. How could daddy turf him out then? Of course, Teddy did…