After the Solstice last week I crashed big time. Too much sugar and too many late nights burning the candle at both ends finally took its toll. My body said enough and sent me to bed with a cold. I'm the worst patient in the world - grumpy, mopey, sooky... Read more →
Why does homemade taste so much better than shop bought? I know the ingredients are better when you make something yourself. You can grow the ingredients or choose ones that are in season and organic. There's no need to add preservatives or chemicals because your jars won't be sitting on... Read more →
How good does beeswax smell? When I'm rolling candles I just want to eat the sheets of wax! They smell so divine. If I can't eat them I can at least enjoy their heavenly honey perfume when I burn my candles. One of my favourite things about the shorter winter... Read more →
It's hard to believe it's already the winter solstice again. It seems far too soon to be celebrating the longest night and shortest day. Especially with the gorgeous sunny weather we have been having recently. For me the solstice marks the beginning of winter and the dive headlong into the... Read more →
From soda bread to damper making over an open fire - it's all about baking at the moment. It's the beauty of winter - cold and wet enough to light fires out in the open without setting the bush on fire. The fire itself is magical. When we get to... Read more →
In order to find inspiration and the creative spark, I used to spend a lot of time exploring lane ways in the city, visiting funky handmade shops and checking out exhibitions at galleries. I still do those things but more and more I'm drawing my inspiration from the natural world.... Read more →
A miracle happened last Friday. A small miracle but a miracle nonetheless. At 8.50 in the morning we (husband, daughters and cat) left our house for our long weekend road trip. We have friends who leave at 5 in the morning. I know, five am!? I seriously doubt that will... Read more →
I recently had a chance to sit on the couch with a cup of peppermint tea and my cookbooks. We've been so busy lately that there hasn't been time for such simple pleasures. The colder weather has me searching for hearty, warming recipes. I came across a delicious looking Seedy... Read more →
I'm so lucky to be learning how to light fires with a hand drill and a tinder bundle made of foraged kangaroo grass seeds, dry grasses and twigs. It's magic of a very special kind with everyone gathered around, intent on the hand drill, willing the dust to get hot... Read more →
Bread and butter pudding was often mentioned in the books I read as a child. Any time I read about food I'd get very hungry. Especially if those book children were eating sweets, google buns or pop cakes and drinking ginger beer. If you read the Faraway Tree books by... Read more →