“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Albert Einstein We live close to a magnificent natural reser...

“A book that is shut is but a block.” Thomas Fuller At the weekend while browsing in a second-hand bookshop I came across a ...

“Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.” - Willi...

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” - C. S. Lewis   Inundated with things to do at work again means th...

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” - Theodore Roosevelt   I am snowed ...

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” - Bertrand Russell It’...

“Nostalgia is a seductive liar.”  George Wildman Ball It’s hard to believe that January is already over and the first of February is ...

“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” - Henry David Thoreau It was a relaxing day today. Got up early, ...

“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.” - Pablo Picasso We have an interstate guest visiting so we decided t...

“How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.” - Benjamin Disraeli Today was a perfect summer’s day in Melbourne: Fine...

“There is a courtesy of the heart; 
it is allied to love. From its 
springs the purest courtesy in the outward behaviour.” - Johann Wolfgan...

“Be obscure clearly.” - E.B. White I mentioned a couple of days ago that I enjoy solving cryptic crosswords and Julia asked what they we...

“I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.” - Comte de Mirabeau Another perfect Summer day again, with beaut...

“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” - Henry David Thoreau We had a wonderfully lazy day today, which was ...