Image from Carl Larsen gallery The days away from my blog have been full of family. My sister Tricia flew up from Sydney on Thursday, we dr...

We set off early, just the three of us - Hanno, Alice and me, with the sun almost breaking over the horizen, heading for Shane and Sarndra&#...

It's been like a roller coaster these last few days. I have finally accepted that Rosie is gone but I am thankful that I can still see ...

Hanno and I have been overwhelmed by the sweet messages left about Rosie. They helped us during that first day, the most difficult one, wh...

Rosie grew sicker as the day progressed yesterday. I walked around the garden with her in the afternoon because she couldn't sit st...

It generally takes a lot to change patterns of behaviour but change is happening right here in Australia, and I'm sure all around th...

Lions organic pure cotton My house is untidy. I'm at home today so I'll have plenty of time to put things back in their rightful pl...

There is a season for all things. I know the way Hanno and I live now will change in the future. At some point, we will grow too tired to ...

I met Hanno on my 28th birthday, we married when I was 31 and our first baby, Shane, was born a year later. Shane turns 28 next Tuesday. H...

Hanno and I spent a peaceful weekend together working away on our various chores and watching a couple of TV shows that I recorded through t...

I was feeling relaxed and focused as I went about my work yesterday. I pottered around the house doing this and that, and then worked on Sh...

Recently, one of the regular readers, I'm sorry but I've forgotten who is was, asked me to write about my dogs, Rosie and Alice. The...

Some of you would remember that I bartered a couple of things for some fertile partridge wyandotte bantam eggs around Christmas time. Tw...

One of the readers here needs a little bit of friendly support and encouragement. Lacy and her husband Josh, at razor family farms , are hop...

Well, it's all over. A week of family celebrations and the unique joy that brings. The photo above is me and my sister, Tricia. The pho...

I will be 60 years old tomorrow. I can hardly believe it. How can someone who so clearly remembers being at school, seeing Bob Dylan, the B...

It was as close to perfect as any day could be. All the food was prepared, the guests said they enjoyed it, the weather was nice, the music...