GILLYBEAN

Hello my friends, Welcome back here. It would take forever to try and fill you in. I've neglected the vege garden because the house has...

Something lovely arrived in my letterbox this week. I'll be busy for a couple of days.

It sneaks up. I don't mean mother nature's changes, I mean the energy levels and optimism I feel within myself, come spring. For abo...

Trampoline this time. The red head snapped both bones in his lower arm last night. Skatey had been helping him to flip!!!!!!! Red said ...

PJ and I bought some delicious local apples for this weekend's baking. She's been taking about baking again all week and how could ...

It would take me all day to catch you up with what's been going on here in the garden, at the sewing table and with life so I'm not ...

Dusting, window cleaning, lighting fires, vacuuming, knitting and costume sewing featured quite heavily this week. My neighbour caught me i...

I wish I could say I feel 100% better, what I can say is I think I'm getting there slowly. I have no faith in conventional Dr's who ...

While it was raining an army of stink bugs amassed in my garden. They are absolutely everywhere, sucking the life out of everything. I squas...

Last night PJ had to go to the Dr and get stitches in her chin after trying to ride skatey boy's unicycle. L took her cos I really hate...

When L and I met we lived in a house bus for several years so didn't have a garden of our own. I grew herbs in planter boxes of course b...

Actually I don't give the teen enough credit, he's brilliant at doing the dishes, even gives his Granny a hard time that she doesn...

One of the nicest features of our little old house is the lilac windows in the bedrooms and bathroom. They're jolly fiddly to sand aroun...

I had to have a break from the bathroom today. L worked hard before he went on holiday to replace the rotten wood and I feel like I've...

I'm wishing I was enjoying a wine, I've had a really full on few weeks. There's been very late night sewing for yesterdays fanta...

I get so stressed when my washing machine breaks down, usually every few years. It broke down on Monday, the guy was supposed to fix it Tues...

At a recent seed swap with friends I was also given some Kefir grains. You use them to make a fermented milk drink which is good for your d...

If I truly had to be self sufficient this year I think we'd starve or get scurvy. I could barter lemons and grapefruit, but I have plan...

I saw this at Sunny Corner Farm , who joined in from Little Jenny Wren . Today was pretty typical so I've joined in too. I woke early ab...

Stuck at home with sick kids isn't as bad as it sounds you know. They slept most of the time, so since I was cleaning up sick anyway I d...