Goodness, life can change in the blink of an eye and mine certainly has! We moved away from our mountain idyll in February and swapped it for a life on the beach. I remember saying as we were moving stuff

(Photo of one of the olive tree terraces in our garden. You can see the wide terrace down the middle, with a stone wall on the left facing the next terrace up and the ground dropping away on the right

As you know, we have recently moved off grid in order to live a more simple lifestyle although we have managed to complicate things a little in that we also moved to a foreign country. Yes, we have the

There is a story behind the house in which we live and it's both uplifting and inspiring. Set in 5 acres of mountainous, Spanish countryside, this isolated oasis is actually a relatively new building.

21 December has always been an important day in my life - it's my birthday! - but it's particularly of interest this year as we are totally reliant on solar for our electricity. It's both the shortest

Ok I’m going to get only slightly personal with this video today. Many of you have wondered how the heck I am able to afford traveling to cool places while at the same time having the time and energy to

A POST WHERE A GRUMPY GIT IS GIFTED A GENIUS ANALOGY... This morning I woke up grumpy and less than my glorious, normal self and Rick, my husband since August this year, caught the brunt of my metaphorical

Over the past couple of years, I have found myself becoming less and less interested in living in a society where consumption is king and the pressure to spend is unrelenting. Part of the draw for me to

Not sure I am supposed to be posting this publically but I am struggling to log in to Steemit Chat. I am using the generated password given to me by Steemit when I signed up and have tried both my username

We have been living in the new house for a month now and, so far, so good. It's the first time I have lived anywhere that is totally reliant on solar power and we have had to incorporate some changes into

There are a few truths about passwords that we all know: We should never, EVER, use the same password for multiple sites We should ALWAYS include random numbers and letters to make the password more secure

We took this photo of the Alicante skyline at sunset during November. I love the colour of the sky and the way it looks with the Spanish flag in the foreground. Color Challenge. Play with me! Monday -

I took this photo in the olive grove in our garden in Spain. The majority of the trees around us are pine but, as autumn began to take hold, the leaves on the olive trees turned a beautiful shade of red.

The upside of living deep in the countryside (or the campo as it's called here) is that we are cooking at home a lot more. It's not just the distance to the nearest village but the fact that our isolated

Off-grid living using only solar power and batteries for electricity requires the use of an axe and manual labour to keep the wood burner going for warmth at night time in the winter. Since I live in sunny

Hi, my name is Joanna and, in a bid take back control of what makes me happy, I have decided to live off grid, deep in the Spanish countryside. I do have mains water but all of my electricity comes from