Change is constant in our lives. We're always reacting to the good and the bad in our backyard and while the good results in smiles and...

Thanks to everyone who inquired about Hanno's health. He's fine now, his eye has healed well and apart from eye drops every two hou...

I want to share a link with you today. I've been developing the Maleny Community Newsletter for the Neighbourhood Centre which will cov...

Carrying on from yesterday's post I thought it would be a good opportunity to explore the feelings connected with being at home and kno...

This post is from March 2011 Can you remember back to when you had babies to care for and how careful you were with their bedding? You...

Hanno's surgery went very well yesterday. We're going back for a checkup this morning but it all looks good and he's feeling fi...

I'm having a short break from the blog for the rest of the week. In the meantime, I'll post some old posts that I think are stil...

We spent a delightful Saturday out at Bell, about 200km west of here, with a group of ladies, and two men - Hanno and one of the husbands. ...

Happiness is a glass half empty. For all the new parents and grandparents. Some common sense about babies. Self sufficient, off the gri...

A woman asked me the other day for a couple of tips to keep her husband and teenage son happy at the dinner table. She's been trying to...

I had forgotten. Forgotten how full on it is to look after a newly walking toddler. We had a visit from Shane, Sarndra and Alex last wee...

Afternoon winter sun in the bedroom. This is part of a recent email I received from a young reader here called Stacey. She is asking a...

We've just finished our first decade of living in a more simple and mindful way and have come through that time much more self reliant ...

THIS IS AN URGENT NOTE for readers who are taking part in the current swap at the Down to Earth Forum. Becci is organising the swap and ...