How is everyone going out there? We're okay and taking each day as it comes. Routines, good food and the process of preparing it, Graci...
Potato pancakes AKA kartoffle puffer, Hanno's favourite. Judi asked the following question on Monday so I've racked my brai...
On the weekend, I received a message from a reader, "Emma", who is about to leave paid work and will stay at home to manage the f...
We went to Bunnings during the week to buy plants, seedlings and seeds so we'll have a decent garden to tend in the coming weeks. I cho...
We've been at home most of the time this past couple of weeks. We're both over 70 and the advice is for us to stay at home if possi...
There was no better place to spend International Women's Day (IWD) than at my local CWA cottage. Yesterday, I went along to give a talk...
Apricot and custard cake made with backyard eggs and pantry staples. It's been another busy week here. I've been mending and o...
Last week, after listening to the ongoing updates about coronavirus, we decided to check our supplies and restock. No one knows what will h...
Someone asked for new Gracie photos last week.  Here they are!
Have you had a good week? I've had a lovely week with visitors, multiple family tree discoveries and my housework, and tomorrow we'...
It's been a good week here at home.  I've been researching my family tree again - an ongoing, intermittent project since 1980. Lear...
I'm very pleased to tell you that it's been raining here for the past nine days. On the last rainy day, the rain gauge overflowed. ...
Not many of us really enjoy housework. I love being in my home but if I look at housework as one big thing - washing, cleaning, cooking, ba...
In the past few months I've been asked by quite a few readers to restart my Weekend Reading. This list is made up of things I've Go...
I finished my bread bag a couple of days ago and it's a nice bag to use. I'm not sure how good it would be in other climates but wi...
This is the followup to an Instagram post about getting rid of my microfibre cleaning cloths. I watched a program on plastic waste hosted b...
Making your own household linens is a BIG step towards a simpler life. You'll use numerous simple living skills such as sewing, recycli...
In the past week, I've had a couple of emails from international readers wanting to know about the native animals caught up in the unpr...
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