Tomato
We just gorged ourselves on a home-grown tomato salad. Unfortunately, they weren’t grown in our home, but my Mum and Dad’s. Above is our entire tomato…
Seachange without changing postcode
This is the view that can be seen from our bedroom window. The people who bought the block of land next door have subdivided the property…
Seedlings
Look what’s on the agenda this weekend. I have just got back from our local nursery where I bought a small tray of the things we…
Halloween-style weeding
I spent a lot of time in the garden today, whipping it into shape ready for vegetable planting. While the kids scrabbled in the leaf litter…
Pi-ahh-no
Amelia started piano lessons on Wednesday. We hired an old bomb of an electric keyboard for $12 for the term – how can you go wrong…
Welcome Pumpkin!! (and welcome home Phil)
Phil’s back from a week long business trip to California and I can’t tell you how good it is to have him home! We have all…
On my desk… on a Wednesday
Ink! And brushes! I am not sure what I am going to turn this in to — gocco print? Embroidery? I am still playing with it.…
Surprise Plant
When we need a little comfort-reading we always turn to Milly Molly Mandy. We chat about what it would be like to live in a little…
Hello (and squash)
Hello! It’s just a few days over a year since I stopped updating here and, predictably, I have been missing it. I feel like it’s time…