'This is my sister. She is nice'. Six words that melt my heart, a message from the late 1970's. We are at my Granddad's retirement party. In the background of the crackling tape, I can hear their cockatoo,

I love my big north facing deck. Okay so don't say that with a kiwi accent. But seriously, it's pretty special - it's a sun trap, so even if it's cold and windy elsewhere, it's a sun trap, so you can catch

'Have you done yoga before', the new teacher asks - or new to me, as I've just come to the community centre to see if I like her classes. I'm fussy, you see - years of yoga has taught me what is good

With the diesel prices as they are in Australia, it's no wonder I'm seeing VW electric vans around. I want one. But I don't have 80k plus for a new van let alone an electric car, and my 2006 VW Transporter

If you've been on Hive for ages, you're probably addicted, and it's very likely part of that reason is because of the people you've connected with here. You might not have ever met them face to face, but

Have I told you how much I love to stand on my balcony, elbows on the railing, looking over my garden? I've never had a birds eye view of a garden before, and it's just delightful. One can see the shape

Sometimes you vaguely hear an artist in the background, maybe on the radio whilst you're tidying up or they perform locally but you don't know who they are, and then one day, you have a proper listen and

This morning, I recieved a text from a woman I know from the beach. I've known her for years - she's the partner of an old kiteboarding mate of my Dads, that we in turn lived with, and I was taught to

I'm a massive fan of seasonal cooking, starting with the produce you have rather than a recipe that requires you to go to the supermarket. With an abudance of beetroot and swede, I had to go past the usual

Whilst I have loved looking after Amy, the german wire haired pointer that belongs to the neighbours, I have realised that whenever we have a guest dog, they don't obey the boundaries of a veggie patch.

Hey cyclists! I only pop in this community from time to time because I'm not really a cyclist, unless you count going up the shops on my e-bike and the very occasional longer ride through the bush. I get

Well that's a stupid question for us gardeners, isn't it? Whilst we love the harvest, and might enjoy the quiet winter time when there's not much to do (unless you're somewhere where you can plant all

I'm a sucker for a botanical garden in any town, so when I drove an hour and a half to drop Jamie off to do a bikepacking trip, I stopped past the Colac Botanical Gardens - being Spring, it was an ideal

For those who've been following along, we've finally got around to doing the tiling of the splashback in the kitchen. I've had the tiles for ages as I got them in sales, saving a few hundred dollars, but

Many years ago, I finally caved and bought a Nokia phone I didn't think I even needed because it came with a free discman. It had snake, and about 10 emojis from memory. You had to keep texts very short

No, there is no rest for wicked husbands. Evenly the wickedly good ones. Sorry, Hive men. I know you empathise with men forced to DIY for their wives. Rest assured, he wanted the window. First step was

What do humans need? Ask Becky Chambers in this beautiful little hope punk book, where we meet a non binary tea monk who meets a robot in the wilderness and muses upon what gives our lives meaning. I'm

Seeing that my husband was relaxing the other day, I found a job for him to do - create a breakfast bar overlooking the garden. I usually have a cuppa or my muesli standing up against the balcony rail,

Rewatching Game of Thrones at the moment, it's interesting watching three episodes a night instead of waiting a week between episodes and a year between seasons, watching the characters develop knowing

Dads ashes finally went to the ocean 🌊 yesterday - swirling round in the big blue. Felt like he was already out there but it felt right for them to be released where he wanted them to go, on the coast