I am not an expert pruner by any means but I do know a few of the basics and they're enough to keep our garden in good shape most of th...

I made this meal during the week - satay chicken with herb rice and pickled cucumbers.  Above is the portion I made up for Sunny to eat...

A few ladies asked for my recipe for tomato soup. It's one of my quick soups and being so easy to prepare it's a very handy recipe ...

I wish you could see my home. It's like heaven here now.  After the cyclone, we had a couple of days of high humidity and rain and now,...

Can you see the horizontal tree trunk in the background? That's the dead tree that came down in the storm. There's a kookaburra...

Hello readers. I'm changing the template again. I've tried tweaking it but there's no way I can fix the problems some readers ...

Hardly any of us have the life we dreamed of back when we had time to dream of perfect lives. When you grow up a bit you realise almost not...

I have only one photo for you today so I'll lead with that.  After a lot of consideration, I sent in a saliva sample for a DNA profil...

Here is that look from Gracie again. Thanks for being patient while I reorganised the blog. I still have some minor tweaks to make but...

As you can see I've started using a new template but I can't configure it exactly how I want it. I'll be working on it again tom...

I made this rye and spelt loaf yesterday. Hanno said it's as good as the one from the German baker.  Woohoo! Hello dear reader...

My daily life is so familiar to me and it makes so much sense that I think it must be normal for everyone to live as we do. It's only w...

I have had a truly wonderful week. There is more separation between me and the internet and I'm hatching plans for the vegetable ga...

So many readers have been asking for more Gracie news and photos. She's seven months old now and she's healthy, active and very m...