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,

Phew... with silver and gold on a huge tear upwards, it has been quite impossible to win on any of the auctions with stinky bids! No matter, I'm not going to chase the price upwards... and it has sort

I've never really had cause to have get a second monitor for my computing use... when I had a desktop, I had a nice large single screen, and that could easily fit two windows side by side with no problem...

Pffff.... my wife and I have been completely swamped over the last couple of months with music work and just staying on top of everything... and so, we have only just managed to get the Christmas tree

Unsplash Heads down in a large (for us...) multi-year grant funding application that would start in 2027 and complete in 2030.... and the usual annoyances with the crazily short word limits and

Phew... a huge day of recording for my wife and I for our ensemble. And the schedule for the day (not counting rehearsing and admin/logistics in the previous week!): 06:00 Wake 07:15 Dump the kids at

Every musician and especially freelance ones hit this end of the year feeling ready to collapse... actually, I think I hit that point several weeks and a few projects back... but as a freelancer, you have