From Homemaking

Finding Joy in the Ordinary

After a busy, slightly chaotic family Christmas, Bryan and I feel truly blessed. As well as the bigger kids there were seven little ones under…

Yes, we have what is looking like a white Christmas at our place. It is in the form of kapok drifting very prettily down from…

I was asked this question at Cloverlea School this week, where I read Snooty Stanley to a stunning group of kids. My reply was a…

This is the view from my new office. What an inspirational outlook even in the winter! An office with a view from the window was…

I think being a good host or being hospitable is about making others feel welcome when they come to our place of work or our…

Spring is definitely in the air. The sun is shining, the grass is growing and the garden is sprouting. Everything that looked so bare suddenly…

I called into our local Feilding Flooring Xtra, and got chatting to Del, a very creative fund of information…. who had a simple remedy for…

Put lime and iron sulphur on hydrangeas. Lots of it for blue colour. Epsom salts are also great for feeding hydrangeas. When you cut hydrangeas…

How important are good table manners? What does it mean to have them? The easy way out is not to bother thinking about it, after…

Mothers, you are bringing up tomorrow’s leaders. We have just had the addition of twin girls to our family! These babies are long awaited and…