The Simple Things in Life
I've just come through a really busy week - worked 6 days out of 7 and managed to keep most of my other responsibilities in check too - only forgot…
Sunny Saturday
After a long and busy week where I haven't managed to step outside during daylight hours I ventured out into the garden this morning. After a couple of very wet…
Four Letter Words
There are two four letter words which have dominated my life in the past week. In the media over the last few years I have noticed a new word emerging…
Busy
Why is it that sometimes life is so busy I don't have time to do anything I really want to do? It's just busy working and living! The last week…
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.…
Cocooning
Today I have been cocooning. After spending some time out and about this morning, by lunch time it was time to come home and cocoon. Cocooning has two primary characteristics.…
The precipice
This is not meant to be a gloomy blog. Today however, I feel like I am standing on the precipice - looking out to the future, wondering with mixed emotions…
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…