Quick craft fix: party bunting

In need of party decorations and don't have time to whip out the sewing machine and some gorgeous gingham for that almost-overdone-beautiful-bunting look? 1. Sacrifice a couple of magazines. Frankie makes great fodder, if you can bear to cut your issues up! 2. Pull out the prettiest, most festive pictures. 3. Draw a triangle template on one page, and cut it out. 4. Use this piece

Long hot summer night

Tonight I have discovered a new place to sit. Sleepless in the heat of Melbourne summer, I have been tossing and twisting until now, at 1.35 am, when I can feel — finally! — the breeze of the promised cool change. The sound of overweight raindrops has reached my night-time-alert ears. Anxious to take a breath of this welcome coolness, I have hurried to my window