On TV you can see how people make tiny houses container size. But since I have lived in a caravan on our plot before building our house on the plot, I can tell you, been cramped up in small spaces can

Thanks for coming back and going to all the trouble of copying the watercolour image. I often wonder how many people really take an interest in our posts. It's so discouraging when we get basic comments.

Did you see which picture was actually a watercolour painting I did?

Our daughter took us there many years ago. But it was such a wonderful trip, we have never forgotten it!

Sorry I didn't post for the past week or so. We had a sudden funeral in the family, and had to make arrangements and travel plans. It was a stressful time and blogging was out of the question!

Why are people talking about plants? This post is about suggested house plans, for those who wish to start out for the first time on a smallholding!

It's not my house! It is a proposed plan that anyone can use. Having experienced all we did, I have a better knowledge of what is needed. So I'm supplying suggested house plans that other may want to use.

To me, life is an adventure. Always something exciting to see and do!

Thanks for the invite. But I don't think we are going travelling overseas just yet. Have big oil painting commission coming up that will take me back to Cape Town perhaps by Christmas.

Yes, it was spring time then, when we went on our trip together. But at the moment it's winter time in South Africa.

Hi. How are you doing? Busy as usual! Yip, it was a lovely day out in the country.

What do think about the cat walking on water?

Did you laugh? What did you think of the elderly man getting someone else to drown the old cat?

Although I haven't been rich, I must say I've had a very interesting life. Done things other people only dream about. I think it's because I have had a very adventurous spirit and see beauty in everything

Glad you enjoyed the post.

When our children were school-going age (that time of their lives), we often made up a picnic lunch and drove to a peaceful place. While they were playing in the water or whatever, I would be doing location

We once lived by a forest and I loved to walk through it. It had such a calming effect on the soul. Thank you for enjoying my oil painting too.

He he! Yip, we often laughed during those times on the smallholding, that I should write a book on our experiences. But I never thought I would do it at the time. But here I am here sharing it with you.

As this homesteading series carries on you will see how we coped with our human needs. Gosh, did we do it the hard way! So I hope you & anyone else reading this series will be able to learn from our

Never rich. But we've had good times. Working hard also has its fun times. You just have to have a strong character to carry you through the bad times. And then when you look back you can laugh at the