Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you all know I've been sick so I'm going to cut back on my work, which includes this blog,...

I've been kind of busy here lately with family dropping by, looking after Jamie, winter cooking and baking, gardening and a few small c...

Congratulations to Meg Hopeful who has won one of The Simple Home books for her encouraging and helpful comments over the past few m...

There are many food products that are easy to preserve at home. They are usually tastier, healthier and cheaper than those you can buy, and...

Hanno and I are off to lunch with Nanna Chel and her son today. It's nice to keep in touch with her and luckily I can see her when she ...

Hello friends!  Here are the cushions I made yesterday. The pink is a Tilda fat quarter found with the other one I made into a lamp skirt a...

I've been sewing a few odds and ends to suit our new lounge room colours and style.  I didn't want to spend much, or anything reall...

I had a few emails from readers asking me to list the books in the bookcase I showed last week. Well, that would take too much time but her...

As promised, here is a recipe for an Australian biscuit called the Monte Carlo. I think they started selling Monte Carlos in the 1920s and ...

There is no doubt you'll save money if you keep a clean and well organised stockpile and you don't waste the food you grow or buy. ...

Monte Carlo biscuits, I'll write about these and give the recipe next week. It's a public holiday today for Maleny Show Day....

We've come to the end of a two year period of renovations and home improvements. We did the work as we had the money, time and energy f...

Hello ladies and gentlemen of Europe. Privacy laws are in a state of change at the moment and as a blogger, European Union laws require me...

It was delayed a short while but we're almost finished our final renovation project - a new tiled splashback in the kitchen.  I'll ...

I had a wonderful week away from the blog. Hanno and I were going to work on a project but he had a sore back and I had a sore knee so inst...

Buying laundry and cleaning products can become quite an expensive part of grocery shopping, but it doesn't need to be. They are easy t...

Hello friends. I want to take a small moment to thank you for your comments. Over the years I've tried to build the comments sectio...

It's been a busy week here although I must point out it's not the same busyness we knew when we were much younger, working, looking...