It’s been a little over a month since we moved and it’s only in the past few days that my feet have found their place. Daniel and I packed up the old house, got through Moving Day and [...]
I’ve procrastinated about washing the windows for about six months. In that time flying ants and summer bugs have been caught in window webs and the salt air, while good for the lungs, has [...]
Take for instance my new full circle vegetable scrubbing brush* that I picked up on a whim whilst browsing the aisle of my local grocery store (the things you do when you have twenty minutes to [...]
This is, perhaps, the epitome of banal, but if a muma is going to have anything to write home about, it’s an invention that makes the hum-drum of washing that much easier. Socks are rarely [...]
Sorting children’s clothes is one of the most time-consuming tasks in the home. I usually do it seasonally, working up to it as it takes significant time and energy. Put simply, I’ve [...]
The distraction of an overflowing letterbox – of the real or virtual variety – can create all sorts of mental chaos. Over the past year I’ve managed to cull the amount of paper [...]
How interesting that the inspiration behind this series is no longer a seasonal cleanse but a lifestyle change. So many of our friends have suggested that we buy the house we’re currently [...]
When you have an abundance of citrus fruit and a lack of bench space there’s only one solution: bag it. The ever-so-practical string bag is one of my favourite household items. I usually [...]
my favourite dish cloths/tea towels from small batch productions An obvious sequel but sometimes predictability is a good thing. There are two ways I can tell the story of drying the dishes. [...]
winter sun through the kitchen window / beeswax candle, fressia buds, buddha, hand wash and wooden dish brush I realise that to some a wooden dish brush versus a plastic one is a very trivial [...]
the second best thing about aesop (after the gorgeous products) is the muslin bag they come in – ideal for storage of necessary miscellany Want to know a secret? Daniel is the resident [...]
I wrote a to-do list last night that was so long and overwhelming that I promptly threw it in the bin. I’m not sure if I’d file that technique under stupidity or simplicity but either [...]
