This pile of mulch is now over a year old... it came from a huge tree that dropped a couple of large branches in a storm that damaged our neighbour's play equipment and squashed their Hills hoist clothes

Hmmmm... it appears that I'm the default organiser for a concert that I was asked to lead the ensemble for... It is a harpsichord concert that will feature concerti for 4 and 2 harpsichords by JS Bach,

Ahhhhh... I have two batches of music coming in from Europe. Normally, I'm able to source a good chunk of our music for our ensemble via facsimiles and old prints from the Baroque and Classical eras...

Well... we are now in the lull period... a week or so of calm, before the flurry of concerts for our ensemble starts for the year... and from there, it is pretty-full on for the both of us with our own

Well, with a bit of a cooler change in the weather, the time had come to cut out all the dead parts of this heat damaged bush... with the hopes that it would recover and regrow the bits had wilted and

It has been alternating between storms and really hot weather since the start of the year... which means that the plants that survive the searing heat are doing really well... and the ones that suffered

Unsplash Eeep... I've been away a bit from HIVE and only just managing to check in with writing about once or twice a week at the moment. In the past, it has been everyday... but it has been a weirdly

Although in my brain, I don't feel old... sometimes my body sends me little reminders that I'm no longer in my 20s! Of course, I'm not THAT old... I have hit my 50s yet, but I'm starting approach it. That

Ah... we do love going to Jervis Bay for a little bit of a family (no extended family...) recharge time. It is almost

I had pretty high hopes for the metal mesh that I had installed in our gutter valley on the roof.... this was the area that would catch lots of the leaves from our trees, and when it rained it would overflow

My wife and I did a day of recording at the end of last year... and it went pretty smoothly, and we got quite a lot of decent takes of quite a few pieces. And we have to start the editing process with

Also happy to sell unclaimed keys!

A few crazily hot days in January did a real number on one of our favourite bushes. We have three of these and have slowly been growing them as they were gifted to us when we first moved into this house.

A short break over summer, and then we are heads down back into planning the various concerts and events that our ensemble has throughout the year. We have a couple of concerts in February and early March

Along with my dozen ounces of copper that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago... I also saw that they were selling ounces of different types of metal. Not all quite as precious as silver or gold... or

I couldn't help myself! After trying out the smaller Arzopa 15 inch external display to help with my administration tasks whilst travelling... well, I was completely blown away by how useful a second display

Our ensemble has a small stock of Baroque bows that we can loan out to student guest artists and workshop participants. We order a batch of Chinese factory bows... and weed out the terrible ones, and then

It has been crazy hot in the Eastern States of Australia these last couple of days... as in catastrophic fire risk hot... 45 degrees outside, and windy as all hell... and there have been large fires that

Some of little pieces of ground cover are growing slowly but steadily... and they are bursting into these little small blooms which attract lots of bees! Our garden is doing its part in providing pollen

I'm normally up on the roof every couple of months to clear out the leaves and debris from the gutters and roof as we live on a block with quite a few trees... and it does get quite messy up there. However,