This week went by so fast and I didn't get everything done that I wanted to do. But there is always time next week. Hanno had another bl...

Work in my home continues with cooking, organising, cleaning and gardening taking priority this week. Hanno and I went to Ikea on Tuesday, o...

This week I've been working on promoting the Down to Earth paperback on radio and writing articles for magazines and online. The weathe...

My son had to go back to hospital last Sunday with a nasty infection under his arm. He had a melanoma and lymph gland removed in late Septem...

I have a collection of photos for you today with not much writing. The garden photos were taken yesterday and the others over the course ...

Hanno has picked the last of the oranges and we have a bucket full sitting outside the kitchen door. We'll use them in the coming days ...

I still have one spot in the blogging workshop and a few spots in the writers' group. Full details are here:  https://down---to---earth...

I'm still dealing with the over-supply of chillies so a couple of days ago I pulled out the bush, stripped the chillies off and starte...

Before I start today, I want to thank you all for such beautiful comments on my 12 year anniversary post.  I was surprised and touched tha...

It's such good weather here at the moment. The nights are coolish at 15C and the days are warm and comfortable around 28C. The true mar...

All the grandkids were here on Saturday and stayed for a sleepover. They ran around like headless chooks in the afternoon, Eve watched ...

I think I'm a little ahead of myself when it comes to the transition from cool summer food over to warmer and heartier autumn meals.  W...