Well, it’s been a long time since I last did a post – life has just been too busy! And as all the happenings happen, my garden is...

The day after Kate’s recital we headed home, but stopped in Auckland for Ellie to sit her ATCL in singing. We picked up her pianist Juan...

We have just been down in Hamilton to attend Kate’s recital at Vision College – the end of her three year music degree! What a thrill it...

Today my darling Kate turns 21!! I can hardly believe it. I remember well the joy of getting her first beautiful smiles. I sat on my bed...

We’ve had eight gorgeous little chickens hatch! Cackleberry is the proud mother of an assortment of chickens – white, russet, black, and...

Last night I arrived home after spending the weekend at the inaugural South Island HEART conference! (Home Educators Annual Retreat) What...

We’ve just had a lovely weekend with Chris’s Mum and Dad up here. Mum is a wonderful gardener and helped the children plant out our corn...

We’ve just had a wonderful weekend with Katie home. She got here at 2am on Saturday morning after attending an opera in Auckland that her...

I’m very happy to be home again with the family after a wonderful weekend with the ladies at Patchwork of Grace. Tonight Jacob crept up...

I’m hoping you’ll read this, Jada, because today I got the most beautiful letter and pictures from you!! I want to write back but there...

Ellie, Milly and I have just had a fun but exhausting weekend at the Northland Performing Arts Competitions. Both of them were competing...

Two days ago, I got a tiny three day old Jersey calf for ‘my very own self’!! I’ve been wanting to get a calf that I can hand rear and...

Well, this afternoon I milked a cow for the first time all by myself! I have had the odd attempt at milking Blossom (may she rest in...

Today Sam and I worked together nailing the last hundred and fifty battens on the pool fence, while the rest of the children stained...

Milly’s milking cow Blossom has been losing weight for some time now and has also had a bad hip which has stopped her from being able to...

We had fun in Tauranga last weekend. I was speaking at a women’s camp in Papamoa, so the whole family (other than Ellie who stayed behind...

We’ve had a full busy two weeks, starting with a visit from some of Chris’s family from Europe; two of his cousins – Jacqueline from...

Just have to show you this photo of Shasta sleeping by the fire. He’s been lying in the cane wood basket the last few days and several...

The last four weeks has seen Samuel trying to make his own longboard, with little success. The first one he made snapped in two when...

A good frost here this morning! Happily, Chris had stoked the fire in the night, so it is warm and snug in the house. Today I fly to...