Pesky plastic bag
Today I was thwarted in my attempt to not use or be given any single use plastic bags during Plastic Free July. I brought my lunch, something I rarely do, and when they gave it […]
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No plastic? Fantastic!
It’s officially Plastic Free July so I thought I would share some of the things I have been doing to try to reduce the amount of single use plastic we bring into the house. I […]
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Winter Woolly Delights
Now that we are in the proper throes of winter, I can indulge my 2 favourite winter pass times. Numero Uno is snuggling up next to the roaring fire with a good book and coming […]
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Stash busting project bags
We have had a scorcher of a summer here in Wellington and it has been too hot to knit or crochet. To get my creative fix, I got my sew on and made myself some […]
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Easter Sunday jaunt
It was such a nice day yesterday, we took hubby’s bike over to the Wairarapa for the day. We were headed for Claireville as the Balloon festival is on at the moment but there was […]
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Temperature Blanket Tah-Da!
I have just had a quick look back at my Temperature Blanket posts and realised that I never showed you the finished winter/summer blankets that my sister and I made from the 22nd March – […]
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Easy Pickled Chillies
Our chilli plants are producing fruit in abundance at the moment and I harvested a whole bunch more ripe ones this morning. We have always had great success growing chillies in our garden and since […]
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A tale of a fig tree
It was a dark and stormy night. Wellington’s infamous wind was crashing through the trees and whistling around the rooftops. I was lying awake, wondering if this would be the night that the roof finally […]
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Rescued and Rehomed
A house across the road from ours is currently being renovated and a couple of weeks ago, there was a very full skip outside. Hubby had been checking it out everyday on the way home […]
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Camping Practice
We are off on a roadie in a couple of weeks and will be taking one motorbike, one tent and 2 people. We have been gathering up everything we need and thought we should have […]
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