I really thought I'd written my last post here but I didn't know how bad it is out there. I went to Instagram to remain connected to...

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 ...

Passionfruits are developing from these beautiful flowers. Thank you all for your love and good wishes. It feels great having the supp...

Dear friends I haven't been here for a couple of weeks because Hanno was sick, then I got a cold and it became easier to stay away....

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you all know I've been sick so I'm going to cut back on my work, which includes this blog,...

Hello ladies and gentlemen of Europe. Privacy laws are in a state of change at the moment and as a blogger, European Union laws require me...

Good morning friends. The lovely Ben at Penguin has given me two The Simple Home books to give away.  I'll give one away in Ju...

Our days have been full all this week. We did our grocery shopping yesterday and drove to Beerwah for the first time since the storm. Oh my...

Happy Mother's Day to all the mums and grandmas who will read this message. I hope you have a beautiful day with your families.  xx ...

Can you see the horizontal tree trunk in the background? That's the dead tree that came down in the storm. There's a kookaburra...

I have only one photo for you today so I'll lead with that.  After a lot of consideration, I sent in a saliva sample for a DNA profil...

Here is that look from Gracie again. Thanks for being patient while I reorganised the blog. I still have some minor tweaks to make but...

My thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on topics to write about. It was quite overwhelming reading such heartfelt comments. I also...

I've had a busy time of it while these blog pages remained silent. There were a few changes in our home and my wardrobe, a couple of la...

I think a lot of people let the idea of perfection get in the way of living. When you expect perfection you raise the bar so high, most of ...

Unfortunately I've just cancelled the workshops in Samford, Long Jetty, Mudgee and Lismore. There were not enough bookings to go ahead ...

If you read yesterday's post you may well have your blog set up and ready to go. Let's take a look at content and how to customise...

Yesterday I wrote about blogging and said then: "now we've all got our own printing press sitting inside our computers and we can ...

Thanks to everyone who sent a message about my bruised face. I'm fine and feeling even better today. I think I have the sweetest reader...

What a day we had yesterday. We partied like it was 1999. Translation: I renewed my driver's licence for another five years, Hanno took...