Well, it was a busy weekend of wonderful food, nice wine, pleasant company, and a bit too much Aussie heat - but overall, a good one.

On Saturday I rounded up all the plants I have been collecting to take my son for a belated birthday present, including a couple of big decorative indoor ones and some herbs I potted from my garden - as well as a couple of bottles of wine. We had yummy fajitas that he made, then over the course of the evening we put away all the wine, while he tinkered with computers and showed me his new Canon printer which also burns and labels CDs. He printed me out a lovely photo of my grandson Max. The quality is quite exceptional! Stayed there overnight.

Sunday morning, it was blueberry bagels and a trip to a fair across the road from his place. Also spent time with Max. It was very hot and I got a bit sunburned. Bought George another indoor plant, then sat around at his place and had king prawns with seafood sauce and crusty bread rolls for lunch.

Came home mid afternoon and pottered in the garden. including giving it a good watering. Because of water restrictions, we can only water before 10am and after 5pm on Wednesday and Sunday, so I have to make it count when I do it. Then went over to John and Dale Dengate's place to practise some songs we are doing at the National, and picked on their "leftovers" which are always pretty darned good leftovers - that's if you can call smoked salmon and all manner of baked veges and salad and crumbly Mersey Valley cheese etc etc leftovers - all washed down with a nice red or two.

By the time I went to bed I was well and truly ready for it - still a touch of the sun, I think - and slept in a bit this morning. Now it's another stinking hot day (currently 33c) and it's autumn. I wish it would hurry up and start cooling down a bit!

Jenny (hot and bothered in Sydney)