This post is by guest writer, Bel. Bel's blog is here. Through time and across cultures, the menstrual cycle h as been sacred and ta...

We found this little fellow in a bucket near our tank. It's nice and moist there and it looks like there are tiny tadpoles forming...

I'll just do a small post now, and tidy up a couple of loose ends, and hopefully get time to post again later. I'm so pleased to ann...

Let's face it, homemakers are looked down on as a sort of female underclass. They're seen as old-fashioned, not quite with it and de...

My home made 100% cotton napkins. The ones in the fan are small, the larger ones are at the front. I'm trying to do without as many &quo...

Keeping the kids active and occupied doesn't have to cost a lot. There are plenty of activities and hobbies they can do at home that are...

I live a very fortunate life. My husband and I have been hard workers all our lives and we are now enjoying the fruits of that hard work. We...

Turn off appliances at the wall. Reorganise your appliances to make this as easy as possible. Turn off all chargers with a black box on them...

I went back to work yesterday, and had a meeting following work, so I didn't get a chance to come back at all yesterday. It was a long d...

Isn't it frustrating when you receive your electricity bill, you think it's too high but you can't really remember what you did ...

A few years ago, when I started thinking about the true cost of food, I started to buy as much as I could in, and from, my own local area. I...

This is my stash of dishcloths that I usually have on my kitchen window sill. The one in use now, next to the container, and the two on top ...

It is is helpful to think about your week before it happens. I noticed that Jenny likes to organise herself on Monday mornings so that afte...

It's so good to be back home again and now that I've slept, I'm feeling refreshed and motivated. Although I took my iPod, knitti...

This is H (on the left) on the Mackay railway station where we stopped for 30 minutes on the way through. The view from my window at Bowen, ...

Apart from buying lunch a few months ago when we travelled away for a friend's funeral, I haven't bought tea, coffee or water to dri...

I've had a number of emails this past month from readers who asked about significant changes - the grand gestures of life - and how thei...

Nothing is better than crunching on snow peas while you work in the winter garden. Growing your own food, or even some of it, is an importan...