There was a real nip in the air when I got out of bed yesterday. It was only 5 C (41 F) and when the sun came up the sky was bright blue, w...

I met Hanno on my 28th birthday, we married when I was 31 and our first baby, Shane, was born a year later. Shane turns 28 next Tuesday. H...

Hanno and I spent a peaceful weekend together working away on our various chores and watching a couple of TV shows that I recorded through t...

Hello ladies. I hope everyone is having or will have a relaxing week-end with time to get all the little things done, as well as time ...

I am a home body. I enjoy being in my home more than any other place. There is so much to do here, it's never tedious, the hours are f...

Graphic from the Carl Larsen gallery Whether you like it or not, to live a simply or green life, you must reduce your spending. It's pa...

Shelling peas from the Carl Larsen gallery I'm not going to hide the truth, learning how to deal with money is difficult. It will ...

Graphic from the Carl Larsen gallery There have been a number of new readers commenting and emailing about starting a new simpler life, and ...

I was feeling relaxed and focused as I went about my work yesterday. I pottered around the house doing this and that, and then worked on Sh...

I am really surprised at the cost of food now. I went to work with no lunch yesterday and ended up buying a curried vegetable pie at the lo...

It does me good to have time away from screens. I know this and make sure I have a couple of days most weeks when I spend most of my time co...

It's going to get worse before it gets better. With the cost of petrol continuing to rise in Australia and around the world, which also ...

Recently, one of the regular readers, I'm sorry but I've forgotten who is was, asked me to write about my dogs, Rosie and Alice. The...

Some of you would remember that I bartered a couple of things for some fertile partridge wyandotte bantam eggs around Christmas time. Tw...

Lyn at Patchwork Angel is having a gorgeous redwork pattern giveaway. It will be drawn tomorrow so if you want to be in the draw, go here n...