Gracie's birthday portrait, taken this morning. It's Graice's second birthday today and she's running around like a cr...

I still get a lot of emails from readers asking for more frugal living and budgeting posts but this is the closest I'll get to it.  I t...

It was becoming "normal" to not write a post here so I thought I'd better get back and say hello to you all.  I had an enjoya...

One of our Barnevelders is worrying us. She started limping during the week and now she can barely walk. She is eating and drinking a...

July in The Simple Home "... he got out the luncheon basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origi...

The girls are laying 6 eggs a day now. This is two day's worth. Hello everyone. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  ...

Hello friends. I'm almost back to normal and with the exception of a bung knee, I'm feeling pretty good. I had the exceptional gift...

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....