From HG Nelson and The Age comes this beautiful way to celebrate January 26th Australia Day. Free registerstration required, no spam has ever come my way. An extract is below.
Our current water restrictions mean that we can only water our gardens between 8 pm and 10pm with a hand held hose two [...]
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
I have this picture of Jesus in my lounge room. The original was painted in the sixth century. He is “Jesus to be reckoned with” according to the re:jesus site linked to above. I have this one in my bedroom. I don’t know where this one comes from, but it’s a [...]
Here s a group of 10 people who decided to give up buying new stuff for 12 months. Only food, essentials such as toothpaste, basic underwear and medicine could be bought new. Everything else had to be traded, borrowed, homemade or second hand.
Rachel, one of their members has a blog here.
Could I do [...]
Jan 6th is Theophany, or Epiphany. Since neither one of these words is familiar to me, I’ll use Theophany, which means a manifestation of God. Epiphany means manifestation. If I was going to use the word Epiphany in my everyday speech I’d be meaning a revelation, a big one, a life changing [...]
Everything is going so smooth cos I’m doing nothing. Just reading and eating leftover packets of corn chips. I’ve moved bookshelves from one room to another and now have to put all the books back. Three days of stepping around the piles of books on the floor is enough. I’m going [...]
O.K. Now I know it’s my washing machine. I’ve just ironed a brand new shirt, straight from the wash, and it’s got a brown stain on it!!!
I’ve been reading that you can wash your clothes by soaking in warm water overnight and rubbing a bit of soap into stains. I’ve also been reading [...]
Still eating Christmas pudding. Sausage rolls finished. Left overs almost gone. I actually had to open some tins and make dinner last night, instead of mixing and matching leftovers. Another tinned meal – tuna mornay with tinned tuna, tinned pineapple, tinned corn and tinned mixed veges.
After all that chocolate, [...]
Happy New Year everyone.
We decided to have a bit of a party. Unfortunately all of the “yes I’m definately coming people” dropped out on Sunday afternoon, leaving us with a few, “yeah sure I might drop in on my way to somewhere else” people. Ended up with three families, none of whom [...]