It’s just getting gorgeouser and gorgeouser.

Quick research question.

Just a simple smashed avo on toast.

A sculpture in my friends’ garden.

It is not the calendar that lets us know when spring has arrived. It is the emergence of Earl the blue-tongue lizard from under his flagstone.

This gave me quite a turn, until I remembered I’d ordered the chocolate mousse.

Some items become beloved the moment you acquire them. Behold my new water bottle, a gift from a dear friend.

Kingfish!

At dusk, a gigantic sculpture of a flower.

Some admirers stopped by.

Chickenskin butter.

Friends gave us some longan jujube wolfberry tea. The instructions were quite clear that you just put the berries and whatnot into the cup and add water. But do you remove the berries when it’s steeped? Or eat them?

Even less comfortable than it looks.

Gang-gangs have such panache.

I do enjoy a lone tower on top of a hill.

These things show up in the oddest places.

Stopped by @dymocksbelconnen bookstore, and asked the lovely staff if they’d like me to sign a few copies of Royal Gambit.

They so knew they were being photographed.

This implies the sheep and cows will only ever cross together.

This dam was really cool. Huge, hypnotic, and out in the middle of the countryside.

I did not intend to go on a bush walk, but the lookout turned out to be much further away from the parking lot than I thought. Luckily, it was a gorgeous day.

Well, of course I’ll caption this ‘love birds’.

The Rook is on this list! But not for the power you might expect.

Best to admire swans from a distance.

Le vacherin poire. Meringue cup, pear mousse, poached pear, finger lime, Beurre noisette crumb, sage ice cream.

Every time I see this building in the heart of Sydney, it makes me smile.

Thank you very much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

This was a darn fine #peculiarmilk .

Sally and her friend Edith at dog obedience.

It would appear that Spring has not sprung.

Royal Gambit is out in Australia! @harpercollinsaustralia

You cannot conceive my disappointment upon realising this was not two horses out having fun at the arcade.

The Harbour Bridge, with Luna Park glowing beneath, always gets me.

Deep, deep below Sydney in the gigantic hall of the Metro.

A magnificent cinema in which to watch the ninja turtles movie on its 35th anniversary year.

Catching the train to Sydney on a foggy morning.

On a cold winter night, of course you order the German sausage plate with a selection of three German sausages, mashed potato, fried onions, red cabbage, sauerkraut, and German mustard and gravy. After dinner, you then go into hibernation.

Met this wonderful blue heeler, Rocky, at the library. As you can see, I was utterly thrilled.

Beholding an intricate skylight improves the day.

I have identified the reason that nothing can grow in the pot on the front porch.

A small foxy custard bun!

Four airplanes flying with exuberance.

This poster fascinated me. It’s part of the new ‘1975’ exhibit at the @nationallibraryaus .

I like a ceiling that one can look up and really contemplate for a while.

A vanilla slice #peculiarmilk . It made me want a vanilla slice.

Here, have an unusual traffic light.

A herd of obelisks.

This was a lovely place to stand at dusk.

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