Just a quick note to let you know I’ve fiddled with the site to make it easier to find the Comments section. This should now be visible for you by default (instead of hidden). Minimal is nice, but there is such a thing as too minimal! Your comments are important to me, and I’m tired of having them hidden away!
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Hello, shiny new look!
How are you liking the new look and feel? 🙂 I decided to change up the look of the website, and switch to a theme that would load much faster on the main page. I think this looks really great: on the web, tablet and phone! Here’s hoping it will be faster and more pleasantContinue reading “Hello, shiny new look!”
One Lovely Blog Award!
Here’s a thing out of the blue: Matina from You hand made me {happy} has nominated my blog for the “One Lovely Blog Award”! 🙂 Thank you, Matina! I’m glad my blog is finding an audience, even whilst I am busy, busy and not updating as often as I used to. 🙂 I am feelingContinue reading “One Lovely Blog Award!”
Volunteering for fun and (well, not!) profit!
Until I started raising small children I hadn’t really any idea just how important volunteers are in my local community. In my profession (a computer programmer, now consulting) I don’t come into contact with volunteers a whole lot, unless it is to pass people in the street collecting money for their cause. But in the world of smallContinue reading “Volunteering for fun and (well, not!) profit!”
A Random Thought
There’s something so delightful about human nature when you are travelling into the city on the train and spot a bunch of track workers waving happily at you. I wonder how many of the rest of us waved back? I feel 10 again.
Rowany Festival
Yesterday marked the end of our Easter holiday break. This year, Easter landed smack bang in the middle of the school holidays, which was great! It was also close to ANZAC day (a major memorial for World War I, which is a public holiday in Australia). This meant Stephen could take just three days off workContinue reading “Rowany Festival”
Mixed feelings: sadness, anger and guilt
You’ve probably all experienced grief in some form. Grieving for some one or some thing is different to feeling upset about something bad happening. It goes deeper than that. Today I’m feeling those mixed feelings I get when I feel true grief. I had to take my youngest chick up to the vet today, andContinue reading “Mixed feelings: sadness, anger and guilt”
Bushwalking
Last weekend we ducked out to a local park to have a picnic, and a short bush walk. We are lucky enough to live right on the edge of a National Park, which means there are many bush walks within a few minutes of us. We moved here when I was still pregnant with William,Continue reading “Bushwalking”
I’m Honoured!
I have been quite touched to be nominated for the Liebster Award, by a blogger I’ve been following for a couple of months: Mended Wheels. What a lovely thought! I immediately googled what a Liebster Award is, because I’ve not come across it before, and now … I’m conflicted! The Liebster Award is basically aContinue reading “I’m Honoured!”
Welcome!
Welcome to those of you who have just come over from Rhonda’s blog, Down to Earth! What a thrill it is for me to have you here. 🙂 You will probably not be surprised to learn that Rhonda was absolutely my first inspiration for living simply. From her I have learned how to make soap, make myContinue reading “Welcome!”
