I am often overwhelmed by the generous nature of the comments left behind like Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs in the woods. Those bread...

I had a wonderful weekend pottering around doing this and that, and I even had a sleep in my chair, wrapped in a blanket, after watching Doc...

The weekend came and went with housework being done, a few phone calls and only one visitor. My housework always just rolls along and curve...

There is no doubt about it, when most of us think of living a simple life, we think of the country.  Hanno and I live on the edge of a rura...

Thankfully, things are slowly starting to get back to normal after about six months of chaos, shopping, reorganisation, relocation and, at t...

 The beginnings of our new season garden. From the outside, our simple house belies the fact that such rich lives are being lived her...

Even without the overcast sky I think it would have been cooler this weekend.  We've passed through the time when hot turns to warm and ...

Around our neck of the woods a typical day goes something like this. I rise at 4 and write until the dogs want to go outside, I let them ou...

There is a lot of satisfaction to be gained working on ordinary tasks in the home. Gone are the days when homemakers were at the bottom of ...

Hanno bought me this lovely bunch of flowers for our wedding anniversary today. We were married in Hamburg, Germany, 30 years ago. One of t...

Hanno and I will be busy bees this morning. I was out watering the vegetables before the sun came up; it's going to be very warm here a...

Thank you so much for the thought and consideration you put into yesterday's post. The young lady in question emailed overnight to say ...