I am a working homemaker. I am proud of that title but it took me a while to realise it. I don't know how many times I've filled i...

Hello all. I hope everyone is enjoying their week-end and we send our prayers to those who are dealing with Hurricane Ike. I wish to remind ...

I've been up since 3.30am and have had a good session writing my book proposal. Exciting! It's Saturday morning here, the sun is s...

It's official. Meet Seth! Hanno said he saw him engaging in some hanky panky with the girls, so it looks like we've got ourselves ...

I've been resting these past couple of days and, impatient as I am to be well again, I think I'm almost there. The pain is gone fro...

Hi again everyone! I'm doing some work on the book today and I need your help. I want to include the stories of others people/couples/...

The pain is going. Hanno had three teeth out but said the dentist was great and he feels okay. Alice spent some time with us at the Centre y...

You are all such sweet people. Thank you, yet again, for your warm and loving comments. I'm afraid it's not over yet - this hole we ...

Image from Carl Larsen gallery The days away from my blog have been full of family. My sister Tricia flew up from Sydney on Thursday, we dr...

My uncle phoned yesterday to tell me that my sweet and wonderful aunty Joy died. She was my mother's only sister and they were very clo...

The beginnings of a cotton nightie I started last weekend. My simple life is a series of small changes. They may appear inconsequential to ...

We struggle against the fruit fly here in late spring and summer. I am pleased they don't go for our tomatoes, we had them once in the ...

The photos were taken yesterday afternoon. Click on the photos to enlarge them. It's the first day of Spring today. Rain has been fore...

Thank you all so much for the lovely, heartwarming comments made yesterday. Congratulations to the winners of the stitcheries - Sharonskan, ...

I would like to congratualate the winners of Rhonda's 500,000 visitor giveaway. I printed all the comments and cut them up. I shrunk the...

Clicking on the photos will enlarge them. I thought I had today to look for a giveaway but after I read all your delightful comments on yest...