Our initial idea around our house renovation was to build a smaller dwelling at the top of the block for my in-laws to live in. It was going to be all on one level, easy access and set up for aged-care. This house would have incorporated large, holding tanks under the dwelling to hold the … Continue reading Rainwater Harvesting
Today we sold a second rabbit buck. It is nice to meet others that come out of the wood work when you have things for sale or for swapping and there is something so genuine and just so 'down to earth' about the exchange. In stark contrast I do not feel so at ease in … Continue reading Musings
On which day will that "One day..." finally arrive? I will admit this, there is a seemingly thin line between storing useful salvaged materials for use in garden and house projects and hoarding piles of absolute shite that will never get used. We are currently the stewards of some of this Stuff presently, and I … Continue reading Hoarding has Knobs on It
Ecological Debt Day or Earth Overshoot Day arrived. Yesterday. Each year someone that is better with numbers than I works out a calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year reaches a deficit. We cannot regenerate renewable resources quick enough within the same year. The actual science and calculations behind the day are … Continue reading Ecological Debt Day 2017
I have been thoroughly frustrated with my current life and lifestyle for some time now. There is simply a lot going on in a very short period of my life. That short period however appears to be stretching itself out into a longer period of a what is now about 3 years. Which leads me … Continue reading Man and the Age of Discontent
Petit Paradis 