Hello friends! We finally got some rain which we're very grateful for.  All up we got 230 mm which is 9 inches on the old scale. The ent...

I feel really energised lately and although it's due to the cooler weather and the approach of my favourite seasons, I think housework i...

I'm running late today. Not that it's a problem for a woman who never wears a watch and operates mainly by light and dark instead. I...

I'm getting excited about getting closer to starting our gardening season. We've had cooler evening temperatures, soon the humidity ...

Hanno had an operation yesterday to clear up some bleeding in his eye. I'm happy to tell you that he's woken up this morning with no...

Another busy week, this time with more organising and decluttering (again!), thinking about dying, planning for the future, deep cleaning th...

I've gone a bit berserk this week and have been cleaning cupboards and drawers in the kitchen in addition to a lot of other work that HA...

Many things have returned to normal here after our long summer holidays. School and work have started, limited sport is back, shops are open...

This is Mary Rose, a standard David Austin rose. It flowers like crazy during summer as long as I keep the water up. Each day gets busier he...

It's been a kind of quiet busyness here this week. I'm trying to get some sewing finished before I start the simple living workshops...

Things are slowly returning to normal and I have to say I'm really pleased about that.  I don't really enjoy the Christmas/New Year ...

This will be my last blog post for a while. I'm having a break over Christmas and will come back when I'm rested and ready to go aga...

This week I've been working on promoting the Down to Earth paperback on radio and writing articles for magazines and online. The weathe...

My son had to go back to hospital last Sunday with a nasty infection under his arm. He had a melanoma and lymph gland removed in late Septem...

My apologies for not posting this on Friday. I had a few things to do yesterday, and it's almost the end of the year and I'm tired. ...

Here is our really tasty lime cordial alongside a jar of radish sprouts I just started. I bought a small bag of limes when I was shopping la...

I had some new paperback Down to Earth books sent to me during the week and decided to sign and sell them. I sent the first batch off yester...

It's been a busy week here.  Hanno was in the hospital on Monday to have an angiogram. We thought he might be headed for heart surgery b...

I want to start today by thanking everyone who bought a paperback copy of Down to Earth. The hardback was published in 2012 and became a be...

We've continued to get the garden ready for summer but the most important part of this week has been preparing for the publication of th...