I had a few emails from readers asking me to list the books in the bookcase I showed last week. Well, that would take too much time but her...

As promised, here is a recipe for an Australian biscuit called the Monte Carlo. I think they started selling Monte Carlos in the 1920s and ...

There is no doubt you'll save money if you keep a clean and well organised stockpile and you don't waste the food you grow or buy. ...

Monte Carlo biscuits, I'll write about these and give the recipe next week. It's a public holiday today for Maleny Show Day....

We've come to the end of a two year period of renovations and home improvements. We did the work as we had the money, time and energy f...

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...

It was delayed a short while but we're almost finished our final renovation project - a new tiled splashback in the kitchen.  I'll ...

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...

Buying laundry and cleaning products can become quite an expensive part of grocery shopping, but it doesn't need to be. They are easy t...

Hello friends. I want to take a small moment to thank you for your comments. Over the years I've tried to build the comments sectio...