Some people might look in my shopping trolley judgmentally, me with my reusable grocery bags, and see items in there that are not zero waste...

When I was in my twenties, I would phone my Mum often to ask her things - and she always knew! I love that my twenty year old daughter now t...

Just getting over a bug here, so I think it is a perfect excuse to potter about. I had a go at making these paper feathers that I had seen o...

Dyeing Ok, so I have a little cold and not much oomph, but it's not that kind of dying. On month 11 out of 12 months of not buying an...

We've just had a gorgeous weekend up in the Bay of Islands. The weather was superb in the middle of winter.  Blue Monkey Racket - pla...

One day last week Katie asked me "what's for dinner?" When I told her the first course was Broad Bean and Feta Salad she scre...

A Stitch in Time   Sometimes life just gets in the way of my blog, with things breaking down plus my usual time spent making things from sc...