Just days after my post on “Having a sense of humour” I came across this little piece of insanity in the weekend paper. It seems that here in my state of Queensland our Premier and Treasurer have nominated themselves as the fun police. They have been on a campaign for a while now of reducing [...]

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“Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let’s stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another” Anne Raver With new housing estates springing up around all major capital cities and regional centres, one of the signs [...]

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Have the people in your workplace lost their sense of humour? I know that business has been tough in the last couple of years, that being in government has been confusing in the last couple of months and that the world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket in recent times but [...]

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Did you know that Singapore will host the inaugural International Skyrise Greenery Conference in November. To quote from their website (www.skyrisegreeneryconference.com) it will be about: “ the latest technological developments and new areas of application in the field of rooftop greenery and vertical greenery. Held at the National Library, Singapore, it will serve as a [...]

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Just looked out my window and saw the first signs of spring in my own garden . . . my ornamental ginger has flowers and aren’t they beautiful! Last week I was travelling around Northern Tasmania and saw more signs that spring is on its way even in that part of the world. Some of [...]

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