I hope you see this today. Everyone, Lenny is one of my adopted online daughters. I have several, some volunteered, some I claimed. : ) ...

We are taking most of our evening meal from the garden today. I've picked cabbage, carrots, capsicum, daikon radish and red onions for c...

These are the kipfler and nicola potatoes H dug up yesterday. They grew in a small corner of the garden about 1 x 2 metres and will keep us ...

I’ve learnt a lot from my blog neighbours. When I left work I thought I might find myself in a cultural and intellectual vacuum. I was excit...

I forgot to let you all know the time frame of the swap. Your napkins must be posted on, or before, October 1. That gives everyone 3½ weeks ...

Keeping the kids active and occupied doesn't have to cost a lot. There are plenty of activities and hobbies they can do at home that are...

A few years ago, when I started thinking about the true cost of food, I started to buy as much as I could in, and from, my own local area. I...

When my sons were in primary school, there was an anti-drug message aimed specifically at kids to say no to drugs. It was on T shirts, on TV...

I've just returned from a very pleasant lunch with my fellow budgeting course presenters. There were about ten of us. Our parent organis...

H and I just did the draw for the dishcloth swap. The swap buddies are: Michelle and Jenny Susan and Lenny Briget and Rhonda (kimmysmum) Pol...

I have been nominated again for Bloggers for Positive Global Change Award by Kate at Our Red House . Thank you Kate. At first I wondered wh...

I made some lemon syrup cakes on Saturday, recipe from Lisa at Altered Cutlery . I made three cakes - one we are eating this week, the ...

I wrote about neighbours yesterday and have been thinking since then about how we connect with others and become friends. I failed to realis...

The second stage of a revolution started yesterday. I went out to the front verandah at 3ish and found a box of food scraps. It was a large ...

I've been meaning to post these photos for a while. I took them when we attended the funeral of a dear friend of H's a couple of mon...

I'm fighting to go to work today as my hip is still giving me curry. I hate being sick or incapacitated in any way so I refuse to stay h...

It was very disappointing, only one woman came along to the sewing circle. She wanted to learn how to cut out and sew a pair of pants that f...

I'm really excited about this! I'm starting our sewing circle at the Neighbourhood Centre next Monday - it will be free and we have ...

I’ve been trying to remember the point of transition, when I went from learning how to live simply and taking on one project at a time, to ...

I'm working at my volunteer job today. I usually go in Monday and Tuesday, but yesterday was a public holiday. I love my job. I meet the...