Life is bubbling along nicely here. Hanno and I have been decluttering, again, we've had numerous visitors, Jamie spent the day with us...

Sunny, Kerry and Jamie flew back from Korea on Tuesday after Sun Ja's funeral. Thanks to everyone who send kind and loving messages to ...

We heard the sad news yesterday that Sunny's dear mother, Sun Ja, died in Seoul, South Korea, after a long illness. She was a wonderfu...

No matter what stage of life you're at, you'll benefit by reducing your expenses and living on less than you earn. Generally your r...

I've just realised that a significant blogging milestone has been reached - there have been 30 million page views here on my blog! I kn...

Over on my Instagram pages recently, I created a photo gallery for an online sewing bee. It never fails to amaze me how talented and creat...

Hanno has picked the last of the oranges and we have a bucket full sitting outside the kitchen door. We'll use them in the coming days ...

It's been a very busy week here with no time for blogging. I'm sending out the notes for my writing and blogging workshops today an...

I had a sore back yesterday so all I did was make bread and butter cucumbers, rye bread and some sweet potato soup for lunch. In the mornin...

I want to get a better idea of what everyone is making for the Do Whatever You Want Bee. The bee started 4 June and will end on Tuesday 2 J...

I still have one spot in the blogging workshop and a few spots in the writers' group. Full details are here:  https://down---to---earth...

In early April we had a sewing bee to make aprons with the information and comments here on my blog. When the aprons were finished, I made ...

When I gave up work in my 50s and decided to live a simpler life, I secretly hoped that one day I might be able to earn some money working ...

I'm still dealing with the over-supply of chillies so a couple of days ago I pulled out the bush, stripped the chillies off and starte...

Over the years we've lived here, I've grown to love the homing pigeons that live a few doors down. You can set your clock by them i...

Before I start today I want to thank Teri for sharing information in my last post about using a Kitchen Aide mixer to knead bread dough.  S...

Before I start today, I want to thank you all for such beautiful comments on my 12 year anniversary post.  I was surprised and touched tha...

Twelve years ago today, I sat here at a table in my sewing room and started my blog, Down to Earth. I had no idea what I was doing. During ...