Sydney: Pates Patch Press, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover..

John Pate is one of Australia's best known botanists with a distinguished academic career. This self published book is John's first attempt at popular writing and follows his retirement to Denmark, Western Australia. The book is liberally sprinkled with amusing anecdotes, while also showing what one can learn from persistent and dedicated observations of the interactions of animals and their environment, whether in natural bush or in the simple setting of a cottage garden.