A lick of paint and it’s as good as new
I may have mentioned that I painted the bathroom last time we were at the farm. Next time I’m going to paint the kitchen. For some bizarre reason I’ve had a thing about painting lately. …
Yet more problems with Jetstar – why can’t airlines just fly planes?
I’m at my kids place again, sitting on their balcony with my morning coffee, waiting for everybody to get up. It’s lovely and peaceful, and it’s going to be a beautiful day. At least weatherwise. …
Life’s highways and by ways
Our drive home from the farm takes us along the Hume Highway. Driving along the highway I spend a lot of time looking out the window. There are lots of things of interest right next …
Fish & chips for dinner … and feeding the birds
Remember all those summer holidays when you were a kid? It doesn’t matter where you went for your holidays, it was always fish & chips for dinner. And now it’s the same with the kids …
The pick of the pics
A picture tells a thousand words, so here’s the story of our Christmas at the farm – from arriving in the golden glow of sunset, Christmas lights and Christmas beetles, millions of grasshoppers, Doc building …
Help me make our part-time farm life more sustainable
Now that we’re home, and getting over the “post holiday blues”, how did we go in terms of sustainability on the farm. First of all we used lots of water, about 600 litres, or 60 …