Daniel O'Malley

Went to a restaurant in which you enter the private dining room through a closet, sliding aside hanging coats and pushing open the back wall.

I bought a bottle of juice and asked for a glass of ice in which to pour it. All they could give me was a coffee mug of ice. It felt very odd.

Here, have an exquisite little cake.

Behold the greatest entertainment spectacle known to humanity.

A holographic skull sculpture by Louis Pratt. Its sockets followed me ‘round the room.

The neighbours’ garden is producing some pretty magnificent blossoms.

I just introduced a new character who comes riding up on horseback, and I have realised I spent more time describing the horse than the person.

There is nothing more menacing than an unadorned hat rack. Here one stands, contemplating the city it rules.

A nice little segment of a decorative piece.

My neighbour’s Halloween decoration got caught up in a branch, and I rather like the resulting effect.

Staring upwards in an office atrium.

Had a wander through Floriade.

A fried Camembert solves many problems.

Behold some menacing vats.

No photoshop or image manipulation - just a clever sculpture by Louis Pratt that plays with perception.

A disconcerting tableau in a shop window.

It’s just getting gorgeouser and gorgeouser.

Quick research question.

Just a simple smashed avo on toast.

A sculpture in my friends’ garden.

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

It is not the calendar that lets us know when spring has arrived. It is the emergence of Earl the blue-tongue lizard from under his flagstone.

This gave me quite a turn, until I remembered I’d ordered the chocolate mousse.

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

Some items become beloved the moment you acquire them. Behold my new water bottle, a gift from a dear friend.

Kingfish!

At dusk, a gigantic sculpture of a flower.

Some admirers stopped by.

Chickenskin butter.

Friends gave us some longan jujube wolfberry tea. The instructions were quite clear that you just put the berries and whatnot into the cup and add water. But do you remove the berries when it’s steeped? Or eat them?