A bookish phone?

I particularly like the cover design of classic Penguin paperbacks so it was with great delight that I purchased this new cover for my phone. Can’t have too much Jane Eyre.

Echidnas and hedgehogs

Lorna, from Tearoom Delights posted about a visit of a hedgehog to her garden and it prompted me to post about a similar incident in our garden, although on the opposite side of the world. In previous years we have had an echidna visit our garden, each year about this time. This year we had…

We’ve gone solar power – not operating yet as the wait is for the paperwork!

We decided that the time was right to change to solar power after we received our last electricity bill.  Even though our use of power has gone down, the bill has gone up. We decided to have the panels put on the back shed rather than the house roof as the shed roof provided excellent…

In the best interests of the game

With the last of the Ashes Test matches about to begin it is a coincidence that I have just finished this book.  It is another book about sport.  I seem to have read a few sporting books recently. I will need to move to a different shelf next time I am in the library! Darrell…

The DRS and at last some cricket to smile about

The third Test in the Ashes series is underway and last night, Australian time, Australia finally managed to get some runs on the board, although it was not without controversy.  I do not understand why they are using the DRS system when it is not being used in the manner intended.  I am no expert…

The iPhone’s missing manual. . . the things I didn’t know.

Why didn’t I find this manual before now? I have discovered that my iPhone can do a myriad of things that I never knew it could do.  I’m surprised that it can’t cook dinner for me!  But it can find a recipe. 🙂This book was picked up at the library, again one from the “new…