Twelve years ago today, I sat here at a table in my sewing room and started my blog, Down to Earth. I had no idea what I was doing. During ...

I received a comment on my last post from Kellylynn who wants to know how she can start living a more sustainable, simple life. This is par...

As I said in my last post, I'd be back if I had anything important to share. I'm not saying anything about this on instagram becaus...

My version of simple life has never been a big picture scenario, it's always been a series of small steps that change with the seasons....

I received an email from a reader last week who is packing to move to a new home. They are moving because her husband has been promoted and...

I still get a lot of emails from readers asking for more frugal living and budgeting posts but this is the closest I'll get to it.  I t...

Hello friends. I'm almost back to normal and with the exception of a bung knee, I'm feeling pretty good. I had the exceptional gift...

I had a wonderful week away from the blog. Hanno and I were going to work on a project but he had a sore back and I had a sore knee so inst...

It's been a busy week here although I must point out it's not the same busyness we knew when we were much younger, working, looking...

Hello dear friends. It's Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand today. I've been sorting through my photos and found a nice Anzac D...

It's been a busy week so far. We're still painting, although not every day, and we probably have another couple of days of work wit...

Every so often I receive an email from a reader asking for ideas about something they're struggling with.  Here we have one such query ...