Today I decided to bike down and get the mail early before the rain started, just in case the two advance copies of my next book might...

Okay, for those of you who are wondering what my new project is… Last night I lay in bed thinking of what I should use a special blank...

This morning I was searching through old diaries for information for another project I started today. (May do another post about that...

We’ve just skyped Kate and talked about the exciting news! Chris, Samuel and I have booked our tickets to come and visit her in July!...

I woke at 2.30am on Sunday night with the noise of rain and wind. It was something else! But I felt like we were in some deep cave – the...

I read two good quotes the other day – and I can’t remember where, sorry! But they’re thought provoking. Good to share with your...

Read a good quote this morning. “Your behaviour is what you believe; all the rest is just talk.” I love the example of Daniel. When...

On Sunday we celebrated my darling mum’s 90th birthday!!! We set tables and chairs out on the grass at their cottage and the weather was...

Yesterday Penny came down and helped Milly and I put Peony in the gig for the first time. We trained her to pull a cart last year and...

We had a wild blustery morning today – the perfect start to the first day of autumn. Then the sun came out after lunch and I went outside...

We have just had five of the cutest little Indian Runner ducklings hatch, and this morning Mama took them out for their very first walk...

What a wonderful time of year harvest is! Our trees are laden with pears and peaches and my little  damson plum tree filled a good size...

I have stories to tell. Put in other words, I have a lot of hard work ahead of me. It’s a jolt into the real world of writing when you...

I woke feeling so melancholic and sad this morning. At 4.30 on Thursday morning I’m taking Kate and Ellie to Auckland airport – both are...

I love old things. Old washing boards, woodstove irons, trivets, cast iron pots, old utensils, ragged lace, delicately painted cups and...

Saturday evening came in softly and still – not a breath of wind! The perfect balmy evening for a midsummer’s music by candlelight on our...

When God called young Jeremiah and appointed him as a prophet to the nations, Jeremiah responded with a  familiar-sounding excuse. “Alas,...

Peony is now ten days over, having missed the opportunity to foal on Christmas Day, New year’s Eve, and the first day of 2012! In fact...