More work in the garden this week. It's been good to be outside although the wind is annoying as it dries out the soil too quickly. Hann...

I've spent time every day in the garden this week. The warmer weather has promoted growth and the two tomato plants have grown a lot in ...

I showed you a photo of our sofa recently but I've gone closer now so you can see the Australia cushion made  by my sister, Tricia . She...

I will never tire of looking at this face. Gracie was under the table on the back verandah with the sun streaming in. She enjoys being th...

I forgot it's Friday! 😳  I just came home from grocery shopping and it clicked. I'm glad I remembered now and not Sunday afternoon...

This week I've been reading through a recently published book, The ultimate guide to preserving vegetables.  I've really enjoyed it...

Hello everyone. I had a good break and feel better for it. I did a lot of thinking while I was away, it's amazing how clearly you focus...

I'm taking a break from posting here and on IG. I'll sign off for now but I'll see you again soon. Thanks for your recent...

We're learning hard lessons lately. The ongoing drought and coronavirus have taught me that to be resilient enough to bounce back time ...

We're quietly working away in our home with a day out here and there for Hanno's doctors' appointments and grocery shopping.  L...

We've been really busy this week. Hanno's had a couple of health issues and had to go for an unexpected checkup with his eye specia...

Another week has gone by in lockdown, although the tough restrictions are slowly starting to lift here. The days are beautifully slow but t...

This is the farmhouse hard cheese I used to make. I've been going through my old photos and there are several I'll share with...

I live in the slowest of slow lanes and there is a lot to love about slowing down. I get the full measure of what each day brings, I have t...

It's soup time!  I would live on soup if I could. Most soups are nourishing, the flavour improves each day and they're so easy ...

I have a collection of photos for you today with not much writing. The garden photos were taken yesterday and the others over the course ...

Imagine my surprise and delight when this little beauty glided down our driveway a couple of days ago. It's our "new" co...

Late afternoon in the chook run -  a tree full of lemons  and leaves falling from the pecan tree. Shorter days, cool nights and cardig...

Our ginger is growing well. I planted this up about eight weeks ago and recently moved it out of the greenhouse to get more sun. Now it...

I've been made aware over the past couple of weeks that quite a few of you like my recipes (thank you), so here's another one.  It&...

One day we'll be able to look back on today and remember a strange and dangerous time when we were told to stay at home as much as poss...

Thank you for the birthday wishes sent my way during the week. I truly appreciate every one of them.  Since then I've been working in t...

It's my birthday today, number 72. I usually make a song and dance about my birthday, both here and in real life, but this year I'm...

I have a good news update on the Blue Mountains koalas we supported with our sewing during the devastating fires in December last year. The...

You might have noticed I've been quiet for a couple of weeks. I've been sick (not COVID-19) and uninterested in doing anything. All...

I'm still working on my Miss Marple Scarf - this time while watching Gardeners' World. We haven't had such a good week her...

How is everyone going out there? We're okay and taking each day as it comes. Routines, good food and the process of preparing it, Graci...

Potato pancakes AKA kartoffle puffer, Hanno's favourite. Judi asked the following question on Monday so I've racked my brai...

On the weekend, I received a message from a reader, "Emma", who is about to leave paid work and will stay at home to manage the f...

We went to Bunnings during the week to buy plants, seedlings and seeds so we'll have a decent garden to tend in the coming weeks. I cho...

We've been at home most of the time this past couple of weeks. We're both over 70 and the advice is for us to stay at home if possi...

There was no better place to spend International Women's Day (IWD) than at my local CWA cottage. Yesterday, I went along to give a talk...

Apricot and custard cake made with backyard eggs and pantry staples. It's been another busy week here. I've been mending and o...

Last week, after listening to the ongoing updates about coronavirus, we decided to check our supplies and restock. No one knows what will h...

Someone asked for new Gracie photos last week.  Here they are!

Have you had a good week? I've had a lovely week with visitors, multiple family tree discoveries and my housework, and tomorrow we'...

It's been a good week here at home.  I've been researching my family tree again - an ongoing, intermittent project since 1980. Lear...

I'm very pleased to tell you that it's been raining here for the past nine days. On the last rainy day, the rain gauge overflowed. ...

Not many of us really enjoy housework. I love being in my home but if I look at housework as one big thing - washing, cleaning, cooking, ba...

In the past few months I've been asked by quite a few readers to restart my Weekend Reading. This list is made up of things I've Go...

I finished my bread bag a couple of days ago and it's a nice bag to use. I'm not sure how good it would be in other climates but wi...

This is the followup to an Instagram post about getting rid of my microfibre cleaning cloths. I watched a program on plastic waste hosted b...

Making your own household linens is a BIG step towards a simpler life. You'll use numerous simple living skills such as sewing, recycli...

In the past week, I've had a couple of emails from international readers wanting to know about the native animals caught up in the unpr...