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Double Rainbow I had a tropical storm around 5pm last night and as it past I noticed a rainbow, and then that it was a double one. I went outside to take a photo, but I couldn't get the rainbows to show up at all, so I then tried through the window. Not a great photo as the rainbows were so much brighter, but there they are. I'm sure there is meteorological meaning but I was more interested in the social meaning of seeing a double rainbow. There's beliefs that it means a sign

2017 - African Flowers for Jessie. I first learnt to crochet in Wankie around 1981-2, although I never got past the basic granny squares. Then Jess bought me a blanket kit for Christmas in 2016. In 2017, I saw this African Flower design and as Jess was born in Zimbabwe, I thought it would work for her. And she loves Pink. Her request was that I only use what yarn I had. 2020. I ran out of peach yarn. I found a bag of peach coloured yarn in the garage but it limited me to a ru

Broad Beans In January this year, as I started semi-retirement, I wanted to cook better and with more of a healthy focus. I ordered a Fruit and Vegetable box from Farmer's Pick and I get it delivered every fortnight. This has been great, I can nominate four things I don't want, and then what I get is a surprise. I've learnt to cook fennel, roast beetroot and find many ways to cook eggplant. This week I got fresh Broad beans - I do tend to buy mine frozen, like peas, podding s

I've just re-read after eight years, Nora Roberts "Whiskey Beach". It was long enough ago that although it felt familiar I couldn't predict how it progressed. It was interesting to see my focus had changed and seemed more interested in how both Eli and Abra delt with their past relationship breakdowns that involved extreme violence and murder. How they, in very different ways, struggled to build a new relationship and learn to trust. I still loved Bluff House, it's history, m