On Tuesday night I gave my last ever live community talk. I have had a connection with Noosa Permaculture for about ten years now so I ended...

It's been wonderful out in the backyard this week. We had a gardener come in from Airtasker on Monday and while she worked hard removing...

Work in my home continues with cooking, organising, cleaning and gardening taking priority this week. Hanno and I went to Ikea on Tuesday, o...

My sincere thanks to everyone who sent a birthday message yesterday. I had such a good day. I didn't do any work, I relaxed, read, garde...

It’s my 73rd birthday today so I’m looking back and deeper, trying to find where I fit in the scheme of things. I’ve lived through an incred...

The gift this week brought us was rain and it was so badly needed. It meant we stayed in the house, or at least on the verandahs, for three ...

A few years ago, the week we've just had here would seem like a very easy week. However, now things take more time so I feel it's be...

Hello friends! We finally got some rain which we're very grateful for.  All up we got 230 mm which is 9 inches on the old scale. The ent...

I feel really energised lately and although it's due to the cooler weather and the approach of my favourite seasons, I think housework i...

I'm running late today. Not that it's a problem for a woman who never wears a watch and operates mainly by light and dark instead. I...

I'm getting excited about getting closer to starting our gardening season. We've had cooler evening temperatures, soon the humidity ...

Hanno had an operation yesterday to clear up some bleeding in his eye. I'm happy to tell you that he's woken up this morning with no...

Another busy week, this time with more organising and decluttering (again!), thinking about dying, planning for the future, deep cleaning th...

I've gone a bit berserk this week and have been cleaning cupboards and drawers in the kitchen in addition to a lot of other work that HA...

Many things have returned to normal here after our long summer holidays. School and work have started, limited sport is back, shops are open...