Mid-winter is when my favourite treasure bursts into spectacular bloom.  A Vulcan Magnolia tree.  Its rich magenta flowers are as big ...

It’s been a deliciously damp drizzly Saturday with very welcome wet weather and the cool change at last. It is more cosy to stay home th...

We can find hidden beauty wherever we are. I discovered these beautiful dahlias growing wild amidst the weeds and grasses down in ...

Out the back door,  down the steps, through the hedge,  behind the shed Is a pile. A mucky messy pile. The scraps of life. Fr...

We went to Europe! We really did. A great big geography excursion with our youngest two children. World schooling. History, a...

Our kettle broke. Our lovely red kettle. A mini catastrophe. Teatime is a hub of our family culture and we don’t live near town. Vis...

Some dreams are too poignant and precious to put into words. Like delicate bubbles, they are fragile. To expose them to the light of da...