Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The Tahitian Lime is in full swing. By that I mean it is humming! It is laden with fruit and is experiencing another wave of the most wonderfully perfumed flowers. These are being visited by hoards of bees which literally have the tree humming in the warm afternoon light. It is a joy visually as … Continue reading A Happy Hum
As we await the completion of our larger, raised garden beds, I cannot let it stand as an excuse not to grow our own food. So in the meantime we have a couple of plants started to supplement that which we purchase from the local farmers market. I have sprinkled lettuce seeds, parsley seeds and … Continue reading Mini-Crops for your Little Paradise
This was one of those "Mate - you're different." moments. There was no friend present when I first lay my eyes on the above scene, but I'm sure that would have been the response to my reaction of "Awesome!" and my spontaneous enthusiasm to immediately begin gathering as many handfuls of leaves I could, … Continue reading The Professionally Engineered Leaf Trap
Why? Because they just weren't getting looked after to the respectable level of care that they deserved. And so it was that Mrs PP found a new home for the four remaining chooks. I did not feel they were getting an improved level of lifestyle along with us and the rabbits. So in gifting them … Continue reading Why the Chickens crossed the Road
Don't mind the title, I'm not going to run the risk of transforming into a fashion blog. But I thought we should post on some of the stuff we've been uncovering. We've been quite overwhelmed by the amount of it and to be honest it has it hasn't been much fun. As in . . … Continue reading Fashion – Your Future Depends on Wool!
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