Still ticking along

Just a brief note to let you know that we’re all still here and healthy. Life is full of crafting joy, as well as just busy as life with 3 young children tends to be. Sonia is currently in pieces, awaiting follow up to have her pressed metal surround replaced and she is currently chatting to the IXL 73 that I picked up for a bargain price and couldn’t resist. 😉

Days are spent by the fire, drinking coffee with friends and researching for the future (more on that another time). I will be back soon though, I promise. 🙂

Making good from bad

We’ve spent a weekend rather unwell. A nasty tummy bug laid the kids and I low on Sunday and Monday and we’re still coming good even now.

Tiny Houses And Permaculture For A Resilient And Sustainable Future

“Peak Oil, economic collapse, global warming. There is little question that if humanity remains on the path we are on now, then there is little hope for a sustained existence on the planet. We need to change our thinking and adopt a more harmonious stance to our relationship with the biosphere. The principles of permaculture …

Source: Tiny Houses And Permaculture For A Resilient And Sustainable Future

A crème fraîche convert

Crème fraîche. It’s not all that common here in Australia. We have cream, whipped cream (the fake fluffy sugar filled treat one squirts directly into ones mouth 😉 ), sour cream and cream cheese. That’s kind if it on your basic supermarket shelf.

Meet Sonia

Meet Sonia. Sonia is the newest member of our household. She came to us about