Right now (because it's 10.30 p.m.) I can see my dark green curtains ! But in daytime at the computer I look out onto my front garden: a conifer tree and a eucalyptus that is threatening to disconnect my telephone wires if it isn't cut soon. Quite a few passers-by - usually the many little old ladies who live around here, but the other week I was treated to the playgroup trooping past, twice, dressed as assorted beetles, bugs and butterflies on a sponsored fancy dress walk. From my kitchen window: grass, rose bushes, numerous visiting cats, my garden shed with just a glimpse of a replica of the Ark of the Covenant glinting inside it. (It's a long story - but I am home to many theatrical props and costumes). I wait in vain for Indiana Jones to come calling in search of it ... If you see him, tell him where it is, will you ?

- jeanie