Life is bubbling along nicely here. Hanno and I have been decluttering, again, we've had numerous visitors, Jamie spent the day with us...

We heard the sad news yesterday that Sunny's dear mother, Sun Ja, died in Seoul, South Korea, after a long illness. She was a wonderfu...

Recently I revised my recipe for Gracie's meals. I've never fed her canned dog food because I want her to stay healthy and I doubt ...

I meant to show you these delightful photos I took, then forgot all about it.  The ducks visited us last week, I was inside when Hanno yell...

I've been out working on the front verandah this morning. Gracie was with me, I went inside and when I came out again I could see her s...

It's been a busy week so far. We're still painting, although not every day, and we probably have another couple of days of work wit...

While I've been writing The Simple Home series, you've probably noticed I'm not writing much about what is happening here on a...

I've had quite a few readers ask about Gracie's food. What we feed our animals is important to me because I want them to have a goo...

Gracie was dreaming and making little barking noises when I decided to take this photo just now. When I had the camera ready, her little ...

Many of you contact me about Gracie and want to know more about her. Here she is with her lead on waiting to be taken out. I'll have ...

The past week has been lovely here. On Tuesday we celebrated Hanno's 77th birthday with the family over for dinner. Sunny and Jamie are...

We finished off the blog courses yesterday with a Skype chat. I really enjoyed the course - I loved meeting the ladies and helping them mov...

This photo was taken yesterday afternoon as Gracie was posing on the verandah. Happy birthday to our dear Gracie who is one year old...

Gracie, our beautiful Scotch Terrier, will be one year old soon. It seems like only yesterday when we picked her up from the airport aft...

I've had a nice mix of work and leisure these past few days.  I spent time writing an online blog course, I've been lingering in th...

Over the past couple of posts and their comments we've shared how we organise our finances by tracking spending, saving what we can and...