Winter Surprise
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I travelled to the west coast of South Australia - to the thriving fishing and farming community of Port Lincoln part of…
Local Residents
When I first met my now husband, he lived in the suburbs, the inner city suburbs. He'd been raised in rural Australia but upon finding work in the city he…
Eggs
A little while ago our second chook started moulting. She looked terrible, feathers falling out all over the place, bare skin revealed on her underside, skin showing through around her…
Foggy Rainy Morning
When I awoke on Monday morning and pulled up the blind, I looked out to find I had been enveloped in a misty fog which had descended during the night.…
Why “The North Glass”?
Trying to live a sustainable life means, in part, trying to utilise the renewable resources around us - often in place of the fossil fuels to which we have become…
Autumnal winter in the garden
As I walked around our garden today, I discovered that, despite the fact we are now into winter, there are some beautiful things flowering or just looking beguilingly wintery. …
Chooks
For many years I have wanted to own chooks, but for one reason or another I wasn’t able to. However for the last 3 or so years we have had…
Autumn
I love autumn. It is my favourite season of the year. As summer fades away, I enjoy the temperate days that the beginning of the new season brings, and then…
Morning Sunshine
This morning when I arose I was greeted by a beautiful, late autumn morning sun coming through my kitchen window. After 2 or 3 days of grey, raining, misting Adelaide…