My favourite chair

I recently read about a person's favourite things and there pictured was a cane wicker 'bucket chair.' I immediately recalled my mother's two 'saucer chairs' as we called them. The addition of a  comfy, padded cover completed the look. These chairs were favourites not only for Mum but visitors alike.

I have a favourite outdoor hanging chair, which i call my 'egg chair' because of it's shape. I bought it at a second hand auction over 25 years ago and it provides a private sanctuary for reading, a great prop for photos, as well as just swinging in the breeze.

Tell me about your favourite chair?

Tennis: time to turn it down?

I, like lots of viewers have been watching the tennis on television, beginning with Brisbane in early January, then Sydney and now the Australian Open, where I have enjoyed many hours of brilliant tennis.

In that time I began to think about the mannerisms of tennis players - there's the continuous bouncing of the ball before serving, which I think would be very irritating to the opponent and certainly is to me, the viewer.  Currently, Djokovic has been known to bounce the ball up to 25 times before tossing it into the air.

Not to mention the screeching and squealing of some of the female players, which seems to have reached an epidemic, with Sharapova leading the way. But lets not forget the men, Nadal seems to be doing alot of grunting of late, which leads to the question - should these unnecessary sounds be erased from the game either by forfeiting of the match or a heavy fine?