The Eurovision final was on the weekend. I’ll talk about the songs and results in another post. This one is all about the sparkles. There are definite trends in the costuming and staging for Eurovision performers. One year it seemed everyone had flowing white dresses. Another year everyone used wind machines. This year it was…
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Home grown mouse trap
Yesterday I talked about the mouse plague the east coast of Australia is grappling with at the moment. I thought I would share with you the (poison free) mouse trap my grandfather used to catch and kill the mice that would get into his hay – he was a saddler and used the hay to…
Mouse plague…
Back in March I mentioned the farming community here was experiencing a mouse plague. Two months later and the plague is still with us, in fact, it’s spreading. It’s now hit my town. So far we’ve been okay and haven’t seen one, but you can’t buy rat bait or a mousetrap anywhere in town. The…
World’s most sustainable city
A study run by UK company, Uswitch, investigated a range of sustainability factors to determine the most sustainable city in the world. I’m not sure what makes Uswitch the company to do this (and therefore how credible the results are), but they used a number of factors in their consideration, including: energy transport infrastructure affordability…
Vaccinated 50%
Yesterday I received my first covid vaccination. Very happy! I received the Pfizer vax and afterwards, because of my allergies, I had to wait for 30mins (standard is 15). I went prepared for this, so I had my kindle with me. After the shot, they offered me a chupa chup lollypop. Can I say, that…