The latch of our front gate can quite often be heard from inside our little weatherboard home heralding the arrival of guests. Beau more often than not will jump up from whatever it is that he has been doing and race to the door, or to our bedroom window to see who it is! Lately, it has been delivery drivers dropping off our groceries and fruit and vegetables from the local farm. But every so often it is our next-door neighbour, Paul, who so generously gifts us a large contai

Every Sunday night once the house has been blanketed in silence and both Beau and Viviana have drifted off to the land of dreams I slice two thick slices of sourdough and place them into the toaster. The kettle has been boiled and my mug awaits. Chamomile has been my choice of late. As soon as the toast pops up, I smear a good dose of butter over each and watch as it melts into the light golden crumb. A lick of vegemite on one and the other, marmalade. At the moment its a lus