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I’ve been surfing the net and have spotted lots of copies of Pemberthy in libraries. How wonderful! The Bayside Library Service in Melbourne has not one but THREE copies – two in the Beaumaris Library and one in Brighton. And, joy of joys, my search of their catalogue showed they are all on loan. The Brisbane City Library Service has FIFTEEN copies of Pemberthy. The Ashgrove Library, Bulimba

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… Primula taught me this song today, all about favourite things, as sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. And it got me thinking about my favourite things. So, I thought I’d share them.

1. Primula (of course) as it was her that taught me to sing.
2. Singing. Almost any song will do, but I specially like happy ones.
3. Hugs. I’m a hugging kind of a guy. The world would be a better place if more people would hug more often.
4. Poetry. Both writing it and reading it. Again, especially happy ones.
5. Blogging. I love being a blogging bear.
6. Friends. There are lots of them here in the toy room.
7. Laughter. I love hearing other people laugh. It never fails to make me happy, too.

So there you have it.

Some days are so good you wish you could bottle them. Today’s been one of those days. I started with a buzz when I read my weekly Pass It On newsletter. First, there were two little articles in there that I'd written. Of course I knew these would be there, but it’s still nice to see stuff you’ve contributed appearing in your favourite newsletter. Then, in the reviews section was a glowing

How wonderful – yet another Pemberthy sighting has been reported, this time in Warrnambool where Pemberthy was seen at Collins Bookstore. Thanks so much to Corinne for reporting this sighting after reading about by search in Pass It On newsletter. Warrnambool is in Victoria, east of Melbourne. The new dot is the orange one on the south east coast. Don’t forget to let me know if YOU have seen