Pervasive and unrelenting fear produced a divide between those who received a ‘safe and effective’ vaccine and those who did not, a requirement to wear a mask to go to a swimming pool or visit a dentist, job losses, QR checks at playgrounds and the great toilet paper panic. The unvaccinated were separated from family and friends, forbidden to enter restaurants and other businesses, and threatened with quarantine camps. Meanwhile the climate hystericals were threatening to remove meat from the menu, energy from the home and holidays from the family calendar.

From chapter 21 we read:

‘Why are they taxing methane from cows and not possums?’ I wondered.

‘Why aren’t they taxing cabbage and beans?’ asked Peter.

‘What is stopping them taxing people?’ asked Sara. ‘They’ll do a study soon on human flatulence and climate change.’

‘You mean fart facts?’ I asked.

‘There would be a vaccine for that,’ said Peter.

Purchase your copy of Masks, Mandates & Mayhem today. You will find plenty of good reading!

Possums, Pumpkins and Princesses continue the adventures in the victory garden on the home front.

Peg 'n Pip Possum join Hoppy the 'wobbly', Eric the echidna and Bluey the blue-tongue lizard. The gum trees house a crunch of cockies, the courtyard is referred to as the snakery and dog fostering initiates a moult-a-thon.

Four princesses visit the garden for compost gazing, hide and seek, chalk drawing, bike riding, ice cream dribbling and cardboard box construction. The littlest princess adopts a pumpkin, sharing her bed and afternoon tea with her small, round, guest.

Peter builds a hidden garden to lessen wildlife sabotage. Gail stocks her 'magic cupboard' with preserves from the few fruit and vegetables that have survived the onslaught.

A crisis at Christmas, a death, an injury, a car accident and a diabolical bushfire season pepper the story with drama and sadness.

Re-visit the victory garden and stay one step ahead of the wildlife. This is a garden for wildlife by accident rather than design.

Humour is guaranteed with a marriage of opposites and a family cast of eccentric personalities.

'A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything' says the irish proverb. Take Possums, Pumpkins and Princesses to bed and have a good laugh and a long sleep.