From time to time the old Google alerts throw up something serendipitous. "Bubble Brothers" yielded this happy photo the other day, to remind us of the simple pleasures.

Tom Wark's latest piece on his Fermentation wine blog hits the spot, too.

And last but by no means lasting, this article will show you what happens when someone invites me to run my mouth before I've put my brain into gear in the morning. I guess the malapropisms and all the rest of it must be mine. I must stop saying shift. Could start a riot.