This is a very short post. I just wanted to mention that Little Paradise is going into its second reprinting already! This is music to my ears. Normally people celebrate with chocolate, but I don’t like chocolate except chicken mole which is Mexican chocolate chicken. So instead, I bought myself a tub of Maggie Beer’s Burnt Fig Jam, Honeycomb and Caramel Ice cream. Yummo!

WARD SAGAR You are invited to join us with Gabrielle Wang on Friday the 12th of March at 5pm. Where she will be launching her new book Little Paradise. Her other books include Garden of Empress Cassia, Pearl of Tiger Bay, A ghost in my suitcase and her new picture story The race for the Chinese Zodiac. Finish the week with some wine, cheese and biscuits in our shop in Eltham. Children are welcome to come along and have a chat with Gabrielle about her books.

This afternoon we had the most amazing hail storm I’ve ever seen. Great balls of ice, some as big as baseballs, rained down from the sky. My neighbour’s windows were smashed, our house is leaking like a sieve. All towels and buckets are in use.

Here are 3 beauties my son picked up from the garden. And these have already melted as you can see.

Our pool was jumping as if it was alive. The giant hailstones created mini explosions in the water.

I don’t know why the weather bureau can’t predict a sudden storm like this one so people can be prepared.

Today I discovered that perfection was like watching a beautiful butterfly. It is there but for a fleeting moment.