I made this pickled coleslaw the other day and we enjoyed it with cold roast chicken. It's fresh and crunchy and goes well with the add...
If you think about all the negatives we hear about ageing, or even if you just watch modern life from the sidelines, you'll probably ge...
This week has flown by but I'm getting a lot done and feeling like I have the housework under control again. The weather is changin...
I've made the first steps towards our new season garden. It will be planted up some time in March but before that, we'll have the c...
She makes me smile and laugh, this dog of ours. She's little but she's strong and fast and she gets into mischief every single ...
Quite a few of you commented on how nice our blue quilt is (see previous post). I've blogged about this before but we must have a lot o...
This time last year, Hanno and I set off on a three week book tour. We came home feeling happy and optimistic after having met hundreds ...
It's been a busy week full of simple home tasks, family, dogs and thoughts of changing seasons and what that means for me and my ho...
It was 42C on the verandah here yesterday but I believe it was much hotter out west. I'm very grateful we have an air-conditioned house...
I'm really looking forward to the end of summer so I can get back into baking and doing housework without sweating or needing to si...
Here's another recipe that is good to eat in summer or winter. It is started the night before and marinated overnight, the preparation ...
I'm not one who takes frequent holidays. In the last ten years, I've had two holidays and both of them were working holidays (book ...
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