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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Peanut Butter flavours experiment
This experiment came about from a conversation we had over lunch at work one day. I have made my own peanut butter for a while now (recipe here) and was inspired to try some different […]
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Harvest Plum Sauce
We went up to Hawkes Bay to see the family for Christmas and Mum’s plum trees are laden with fruit at the moment so I filled a bag to bring home. Mum reminded me that […]
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Ginger Biscuits
Gosh it has been a while since I dropped in for a chat. I have been busy studying and had my exam today, so to celebrate, I made some of these cookies when I got […]
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DIY Beeswax wraps
We are proud to be a gladwrap free household and have been for over a year. I have been making and using beeswax wraps for a few years now and they are a great alternative […]
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