Those readers who have been visiting me here for a while will know that my aunty Joy died in early September. Joy was a big part of my life...

We had 45 mm of rain (just under 2 inches) yesterday. Here are some of our chooks drinking the rain caught on their wire fence. You are mo...

It’s been a funny old weekend. I think the haze of pain and painkillers is finally leaving me, I’ve done some work on my book and tried to ...

I just had to tell you that. : - ))) It's been raining all night and all the tanks are full to overflowing! Happy days. I'm lea...

Of all the household tasks I do every week, ironing is the one I struggled with the most. I have tried it every which way, and nothing seem...

We had quite a full weekend with Hanno finishing the new chook fence and me flitting between writing and household chores. Of course there ...

Well, here he is - Hanno admiring the view when I took him out to lunch on his birthday. We met up with Bernadette at an "English ...

It's Hanno's birthday today - 19 September, he is 68. It's also International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a fact I'll remind hi...

I am a working homemaker. I am proud of that title but it took me a while to realise it. I don't know how many times I've filled i...

Thank you all so much for the lovely, heartwarming comments made yesterday. Congratulations to the winners of the stitcheries - Sharonskan, ...

The Down to Earth book is going ahead. My agent thinks there is a lot of potential so we are preparing a proposal for the publishers. We...

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 ...

I've been looking forward to today ... Thursday is the first day of the week when I'm home all day. Being at work since Monday has ...

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...

I am worried about Rosie, our 12 year old Airedale Terrier. She's lost a bit of weight over the last week or so and she's been vomit...