A few weeks ago, Mum and Allen came to visit – and when they weren’t in holiday mode, they were at work in the garden. Such useful guests. I was in charge of the coffee machine and taking photos of other people working hard.

After this week’s storms and high winds, I’m glad we took down this big dead tree at the back of the house – now that I can finally see the place in daylight over the weekend, I can see that the garden is covered in little eucalypt branches after all those windy nights.