Here she is, five minutes ago, on the back verandah. Life with Gracie has been wonderful. She taught herself to roll over (very cute) ...

This is the culprit. Gracie, caught red-handed removing rubbish from the compost heap. This time it was a banana sucker - she was ...

We're celebrating over at the Down to Earth forum this weekend. It's our seventh birthday! The forum has well over 8000 members no...

Blue eyes ! Most of you know that our Gracie arrived on Wednesday and we've had a couple of days to get used to each other.  She&...

Hanno and I quietly celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary this week. :- ) I can't say we've always been in sync, but in our ol...

Well, here she is again, our Grace. The lady who bred her is sending photos so we stay connected and up-to-date with her progress. How ...

I spent some time this week bear watching at Katmai Nation Park in Alaska . I wish I could tell you I was there in person, but...

Another week has been and gone, another weekend approaches.  To tell you the truth, almost every day is like a weekend to me now, and eve...

 The garden on Thursday. My sincere thanks to everyone who commented or emailed about topics I could cover in future posts. It real...

The daikon radishes are growing like wild fire this year. I think most of them would weigh about 500grams/a pound and they're crisp a...

Picking turnips. We had a fright with the chickens during the week. I heard squawking, ran outside to see what was happening and, at t...

It's been a hectic week here with lots of phone calls to my sister and a dear friend who are both in hospital.  A big hello to bot...

I was going through my photos during the week and found this photo of our garden in 2007. We don't grow so much food now and have rem...

Our visitors arrive today and we're looking forward to many happy days ahead. The weather here is ridiculously warm for this time o...

We've been luxuriating in the new bathroom all week and  watching bears (again ... and again). I feel grateful that the technology we ...

Winter in the chicken coop. I thought the bathroom would be finished today but it's still rambling on. Life is pretty busy with tra...

This is Hanno and two other travellers buying pumpkins and avocados at a lonely roadside stall on the road to Toowoomba. We're go...

The bathroom renovation is slowly coming along. The floor tiles are down now and although I initially thought they were too light and Hanno...

There was not much time for reading this week but here is a small list I hope you'll enjoy. The main one, of course, is the first l...

I came across a reference to this book on the forum when Mr Homemaker mentioned it. Six dollars, plus $11 postage later and it was on i...