It will be a busy place at this homestead today. I'm going back to my voluntary job tomorrow after having two weeks off and I still have...

A few years ago, when I started thinking about the true cost of food, I started to buy as much as I could in, and from, my own local area. I...

I'm running out of time for another post today so here is an update on the photo dilemma. We've signed up with Telstra on their Home...

The following first list partners have received their swaps. Robin and Maggie Carla and RhondaJean Polly and Jewels Kirsty and Elizabeth Bri...

Unbelievable! There have been over 20,000 visitors here since I started blogging in mid May. The counter now sits on 20,140. That's incr...

I've just spent a delightful 15 minutes washing up. My dishwasher, that I usually use every second day, is out of service as the hose ca...

From next Monday I'll be auditing my own electricity meter to see what my usage is. I do this a few times during the year and it gives m...

Let me say first that I do NOT like paying too much for anything I use. When it comes to bank fees and phone costs, that feeling is doubled...

This is my stash of dishcloths that I usually have on my kitchen window sill. The one in use now, next to the container, and the two on top ...

I received my swap parcel from Carla when I returned from our trip. In it were three beautiful cloths - one the same colour as our new yell...

This is a rant that I need to get off my chest. It not specifically to do with simple living, although I do think it's part of it. You c...

It is is helpful to think about your week before it happens. I noticed that Jenny likes to organise herself on Monday mornings so that afte...

It's so good to be back home again and now that I've slept, I'm feeling refreshed and motivated. Although I took my iPod, knitti...

This is H (on the left) on the Mackay railway station where we stopped for 30 minutes on the way through. The view from my window at Bowen, ...

I've included the map above for the international readers. We are starting just north of Brisbane, half way up the east coast, and trave...

OK, I have to do somethng about these awards before I go away. I really don't like leaving things undone, and although it might look lik...

Apart from buying lunch a few months ago when we travelled away for a friend's funeral, I haven't bought tea, coffee or water to dri...

This s econd post for the day is for our stitchers. Here are some more of my stitchery patterns. They are free to download.

I've had a number of emails this past month from readers who asked about significant changes - the grand gestures of life - and how thei...

This blog passed the 15000 visitors mark today. We're now on 15044. Wow! It's really incredible to me that so many people have visit...

Nothing is better than crunching on snow peas while you work in the winter garden. Growing your own food, or even some of it, is an importan...

I've just done a bit of baking before I start my sewing. Some bread rolls for lunch and another dozen for the freezer, and a dozen grann...

I thought I knew what was going on in my backyard but I didn't. I didn't really discover the microcosm out there until I stopped rus...

I've just been outside talking to H while he waters the fruits trees and the pumpkins. I have high hopes for the pumpkins this year. We&...