When making breakfast this morning I found at the back of the fridge a jar of homemade plum jam. A real treat as I thought we had finished them all. We live on a section that has become a rarity in suburban Auckland. 900 square metres containing a single dwelling and a large garden. Previous […]
In the new planter made by my darling hubby, after I dug in about an inch of compost from the dalek, I planted pea seeds. Quite frankly they look more like shrivelled up peas to me than seeds. They are Watkins’ WF Massey Dwarf Peas and according to the packet “a very popular dwarf variety. […]
Today I am housebound with the littlies due to our first lot of real winter weather. The sky is solid grey and the wind is up. While I sat at the dining room table having lunch I gazed out of the window into the back garden, mesmerised by the trees as they danced and swayed […]
Well, we had the back garden looking neat and tidy with the sandpit up and running, a soccer goal with various balls for the toddlers and an umbrella ready to shade the mums and babies. Invites to our son’s first birthday had been sent and I had started to prepare the party food when, the […]