I have seen amazing displays of coloured sand in bottles, but I've never thought of doing it myself.

The place that claims to have the whitest sand in the world is Jervis Bay - Hyams Beach sand being officially the whitest - here. I've stayed in that area a number of times, mainly at Huskisson, and all of the beaches in the area have beautiful dazzling white sand. It's a lovely area to have a holiday, but actually one of the main things I like about Huskisson is the place with home-made jams, marmalades and chutneys - but you have to be lucky to spot them - on a fine day they have a stand set up in front of a house on the main road - or at least they did the last time I was there. Marmalades to die for!!

Which sorta brings us back to getting labels off. I've been having to remove quite a few on the jars I am intending to use when I finally get around to making that lemon curd I keep saying I'm gonna make - not to mention the mint sauce. Very soon, I hope.