Yesterday I made enough buttermilk pikelets/flapjacks for our house, Sunny's house and Jamie's lunchbox. They were supposed to ...

Happy Australia Day to all my Australian friends and neighbours. I hope you enjoy whatever you do today in this great country of ours. 🇦...

Gracie with her blankie, my old unstitched ugg boot. Life's good with our little black Scottie, Gracie. She watched a television ...

We slow down and relax during December and January. The garden produces a few herbs and fruit so it only needs watering, Hanno mows the law...

Packing dried oregano into a jar. Life takes a gentle turn this week. It's back to school for Australian children in a few days s...

I make salmon rissoles or fishcakes fairly regularly as they're a cheap and easy meal that will stretch one can of salmon to feed four ...

I often tell you how peaceful it is here in our one lane, dead-end street. There's not much passing traffic except for the migrating bi...

Here she is again - Gracie, a never-ending source of smiles and silliness. I was winding knitting cotton on my swift during the week a...

I did a similar recipe in December but I'm posting this one today because I want to show how I dealt with our leftover Christmas ham, a...

I grow a few food plants in the bush house over summer, in particular, oregano and mint, and they thrive in the partial shade. In late Dece...