An email arrived last week from a reader in Canberra. For those of you who don't live here, Canberra is situated half-way between Sydne...

My neighbour gave me these beautiful lilies yesterday. She is a florist and they were left over from a wedding. How are you going with your...

Vivian at Eco Yarns is having a sale. She says: "To welcome the year, we have a discount code valid till 15th January 2014. Use code N...

Apart from a mortgage, rent, child care or car repayments, food is usually the biggest ongoing expense we all have to contend with. We eat f...

LEST WE FORGET Today is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand - a day of commemoration for all those who gave their lives in the defence...

We had a wonderful mixture of resting, planning and working over the weekend. We're getting ready for our new season vegetable garden a...

I received the most charming gift yesterday. It was a package of homemade biscuits, wrapped in cellophane and bubblewrap and carefully ...

As we've "progressed" through to this present age, we seem to have lost our communities along the way. Gone are the times and...

People are often surprised when I tell them that I’ve never had a permanent full-time job. I have worked full-time hours as a waitress and i...

There used to be a time when there were no supermarkets - this was in my lifetime, few people owned a car or a phone, the only screens were...

We take the time every year to review our accounts because sometimes there are savings to be made. January is a good time to do it because ...

How are you all going with your electricity and water meter readings? I hope you have mastered the meters and are now doing weekly readings....

Today we have the last kitchen sink photo for the year.  We'll continue the series next year and soon I'll be calling for more photo...

The forecast is for a cold weekend, the bright glare of sunlight has evaporated, leaves are turning yellow and soon the wisteria vine will ...

Some of the lemons ready for juicing next week. Leaving them sit for a week makes them juicier. I've had a few emails recently asking ...