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A Year of Flowers at Greenlaw
It’s been almost a year now that I have been pinching myself… making sure this house, our home, wasn’t just a dream. One of the delights of life at Greenlaw has been the…
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Crafty Kids Space
I love setting up special spaces for the kids in our new home. We have decided to put the boys in the same room, despite space allowing for a room each, I think…
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The veggie garden giving already!
Anyone need rocket? I may have over estimated how prolific rocket is, and how much I can eat…. none of the boys are overly fond of this most delicious leaf!!! But seriously, I…
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Reclaiming / Recycling Furniture
About 3 and a half years ago I rescued this desk…. a tired old teachers desk, heavily french polished, badly watermarked and covered in deep scratches. After a scrub with methylated spirits and…
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Lunch!
There is something very special about wandering through your own garden collecting things for lunch. I know it’s just an egg and some rocket… but I get a warm glow inside just feeling…
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The Chook Shed
Buying an old dairy farm has it’s advantages, you get old outbuildings too! So, our ‘chooks to be’ will have the pleasure of a very cool old shed to call home. But first…
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Treasure Hunt
If you know me, you know how much I love a treasure hunt! All those SURVIVOR party (*) skills come in handy in parenthood!!! And with such an amazing garden to explore and…
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Birds and Bikes
Cycling home from the boys childcare centre as the sun was starting to slump into the western hills I saw in the dying shafts of light and in the exhillerated faces of my…
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The keys to our new home.
Finally holding the keys to our new home! On my last visit to the house the possibility of actually purchasing the property was still a little remote, so to be actually driving there…