I spent quite a bit of time over the weekend staring out at the scene above. It's what I look out on when I sit in my workroom. "...

It's been a gruelling couple of days here. Tuesday afternoon my DIL Cathy was rushed to hospital with high blood pressure. My step son ...

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 ...

Hello all. Just a quick note to remind those who have not sent photos of their swap parcels to get them to me soon. I have held off puttin...

We have a snake living in the chook house. I think she is there for the mice and rats that hang around at night eating the leftover grain a...

Our driveway with a wall of star jasmine and agapanthus. I'm not sure if I told you all about my knee. I had a painful attack like this...

I can't tell you how good it feels to me to be home again doing "normal" things. I thought that going away for a couple of ni...

UPDATE: Thanks for letting me know Kim and I will take you off the list! Thanks Kris, your parcel will be on its way. Hello all. I hope th...

UPDATE: Thank-you so much for the offers to help to make sure no one gets left out. Steph and Christine many many thanks and please e-m...

The news isn't getting any better, is it? I have never seen our nations' leaders working so co-operatively to try to stop a world-...

Hello all. We are wrapping up the swap soon. I will be posting some new photos tomorrow on our flickr site and would like for two lost swap...

Art by Carl Larsen from his gallery. Why is it that Christmas, and the lead up to it, is so fraught with stress and panic? Back in my spend...

Here he is, the main gardener digging for something. What could he be doing in our front yard? He's digging potatoes. Over the past co...

A kookaburra on our clothes line yesterday. There is always two sides to every coin, yin - yang, balance. In an attempt to balance yesterd...

Just a quick note to wish everyone relaxing week-end with their families (especially those of us preparing for the cooler weather) and to l...

One of the many things I love about the way I live is that I never feel helpless. I feel I'm in control of what I'm doing and where...

I spent a small amount of time sowing seeds yesterday. In the past, I used to have trays and trays of seeds but now that we have a continuou...

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