At home I’ve found a perfect Kris Kringle gift to take to a Festive Season Party. My gift is wrapped in paper I printed myself as I’ve no Christmas wrapping paper on hand. Some time ago I did a print making course and have many leftover prints. My prints are very bright and the one … More Sustainable Christmas wrapping
The Christmas festive season which each year seems to start earlier is well and truely upon us. Apparently every year Australians receive around 10 million unwanted gifts. There is so much waste at Christmas with lots of these unwanted gifts ending up in our waste streams and going to landfill. A popular and convenient gift … More Give something good
Would you like to come to my stained glass class? Asked my friend Terry. I’ve always admired stained glass so I was interested and willingly agreed. Stained glass in old homes and buildings catches my attention and I often stop to take a closer look. No charge, it’s free, says Terry. Wow that’s a good … More Stained glass try out
This is my first batch of sourdough bread. I’m surprised at the result, that it turned out as well as it did as everything went wrong. Bread is essential to me, I find it hard to live without it and sourdough bread is my favourite. At the end of the bread making class I attended … More Daily bread
Every so often you will have an exceptional day. A day where you arrive home uplifted and happy. Such a day happened to me this week. It all started on the walk to the station. On the way I met a man in a wheelchair. The cast on his leg made me ask whether he … More Such an extraordinary day
My last post was about the large role my bicycle played in how I get around. Doing everyday things by bike gives me what I call, free exercise. Riding a stationary bike at a gym has always seemed crazy to me when you could be enjoying a bike ride outdoors. But I digress. The reason … More Look what I found
Beside me, John, an older male friend, is taking a look at my washing machine which suddenly went on strike. John thinks there’s a blockage somewhere. After getting water all over the floor John’s now proposing to take the machine outside & flush out all the hoses. Like John, my father was a talented handyman. Whenever … More Product replacement – again
Living well on a shoestring 