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28 Dec

Heart beat

Heart beat

Our kitchen is unlikely to feature in any fashionable magazine. Ever. It’s not that kind of place. No, our kitchen is more likely to be found …

 
By Lynsey
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25 Dec

Christmas Plan B

Christmas Plan B

As Lynsey has already shared, we hadn’t planned on being home for Christmas. After only one day away we discovered we couldn’t continue to our …

 
By Marica
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24 Dec

Letting our light shine

Letting our light shine

I have been secretly looking forward to Christmas even though I haven’t expressed this feeling outwardly in any way. For the first time ever in my …

 
By Marica
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19 Feb

Garden of earthly delight

Garden of earthly delight

We are very happy with our lemon tree – perhaps more accurately, we are very happy with the lemons on our lemon tree. We’ve been …

 
By Lynsey
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13 Feb

Gold in the gutter

Gold in the gutter

Recently I was exposed to a situation where I felt poor. This is utterly ridiculous, because I’m anything but poor. I am a very long way from …

 
By Lynsey
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28 Jan

Her story

Her story

On this day thirty six years ago, a newly married couple walked out the doors of this church – St Mary of the Angels in …

 
By Marica
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27 Jan

Memory joggers

Memory joggers

As a young girl I could never understand how my mother could get the names of her children wrong. I am not Diana or Valentina. …

 
By Marica
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26 Jan

Around the world in seven days

Around the world in seven days

We make a fair amount of our food mostly from scratch. It very often is a collaborative effort between us as well. Our kitchen isn’t …

 
By Lynsey
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25 Jan

Fresh green beans

Fresh green beans

Saturday morning ritual – The vege market. Special time with my husband Alone together Buying fresh fruit and vegetables to feed our family for the coming week. A hive of …

 
By Marica
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23 Jan

Bud to blossom

Bud to blossom

My sister-in-law was in town for a very brief amount of time last weekend. She brought with her a beautiful bunch of roses from her …

 
By Marica
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