Dinner time. It's often a challenge and seldom with some sort of drama from someone. Tonight the Little Fellas were actually eating all of their dinner and I think they really enjoyed it. I made a mini banquet of assorted herbs, vegetables, noodles, rice and fish and beef. To this we added hot broth in … Continue reading Cooking For One
Author: Petit Paradis
The Feast of the First Morning of the First Day
This post is a reflection on our recent trip to Vietnam. Our first trip to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) was in 2007 during a world trip. The city seemed bigger now, but by how much I cannot really say. On this trip we arrived on the last day of Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese … Continue reading The Feast of the First Morning of the First Day
Child of Bullfrog, Moving on & Beeswax
I was mulching some wattle branches and Brazilian Pepper tree out the back when I spied this little fella sitting on a rhubarb leaf. Quite happy to sit very still while I moved busily around chopping and mulching branches. It sat quite placidly like a little green buddha. This is one of the children … Continue reading Child of Bullfrog, Moving on & Beeswax
February Firetails
This February has been rather interesting. When the start of the month came around our family were in Vietnam - except of course Gran. The anxious mother in law is not cut-out for travel at the best of times these days. I will be posting more about Vietnam I am sure. Mostly because, having traveled … Continue reading February Firetails
The Seawall
Most mornings during early November while I made quick visits to the garden to water before the heat hit, I heard the rumbling of large boulders being dumped onto our local beach. They are building a seawall. Just before Christmas it looked like they had got about half way and packed up most of the … Continue reading The Seawall




