It was a quiet normal day on Saturday and then all hell broke loose in the evening. Hail started tapping on the bedroom windows, then there...

School holidays start today in my state of Queensland. The kids have a long summer break and go back to school late January. Jamie is ver...

Every so often I receive an email from a reader asking for ideas about something they're struggling with.  Here we have one such query ...

I've been thinking of going through The Simple Home book with you next year.  The book sets out, month by month, various ways of de...

Most of the time I potter away here doing things that make life easier for us.  Hanno does the same, although he usually works outside. My ...

I've had quite a few readers ask about Gracie's food. What we feed our animals is important to me because I want them to have a goo...

We went out to vote in our state election last Monday and took Gracie with us.  Many of the people there supporting the politicia...

Using leftovers to create another meal has been part of my food management for as long as I can remember. One of our favourite meals is cor...

Here at our place Mondays are the same as Thursdays, Thursdays the same as Sundays; each day we get up and usually know what we have to do....

Yesterday, Clare commented on how difficult it is to keep her utensil drawer clean and tidy.  I think it's a problem for many of us. ...

One of the things we did during the blog break was to continue on our quest to make things accessible and easy in our home. I'd been th...

Gracie was dreaming and making little barking noises when I decided to take this photo just now. When I had the camera ready, her little ...

Hello strangers. It's been like dominoes falling during these passed weeks. One thing lead to another and sometimes we didn't know ...

Many of you contact me about Gracie and want to know more about her. Here she is with her lead on waiting to be taken out. I'll have ...