Hanno asked me to thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes sent his way on the weekend. He is 69 now, the last year of his boyhood. N...

All these photos are of ginger beer being made yesterday. I have noticed something about myself since I started reading blogs and again when...

We bought two new chickens on the weekend. A buff Sussex named Quince and a Light Sussex named Quentin. My Australian friends will know wh...

Around here, spring cleaning doesn't only happen inside. Hanno has been busy cleaning screens, doors and windows. He borrowed Jens' ...

Spring cleaning can be done at any time of the year. We tend to do it when it's cool but warm enough to have the doors and windows open...

I love our garden. There are certain times of the year when being out there seems to be the only possibility. We are in that time now - wh...

As you all realise, what I write about each day here on my blog is just a small fraction of what actually happens here. I know this post is...

While I don't want to make DTE a question and answer blog, I do want to address a question Donetta posed last week. In part, she wrote:...

I cleaned out my work room on Saturday, a job that had been waiting for me since the wedding. With Tricia and I rummaging in the fabric stas...

When we first moved into our current home, we made quite a few changes. The house had been lived in by an older couple and some of the thi...

I perform well under pressure, always have done. When I have to work to a deadline or have a lot of things to do I get more done than when ...

The past few days have been incredibly busy for me. I had a 12 hours day at the Centre yesterday and go back again today. Hanno is going do...