The Hut Chronicles

Maggie: I took the girls into the garden to take some photos for our Christmas card. I was a bit worried I wouldn't be able to get ...

Last year, given the premature birth of our girls 2 weeks before, our Christmas was a little subdued.  Whilst I had decorated the hut before...

Sorry the blog was a little quiet last week. No real reason just time I guess. We had a good weekend, on Friday Rob and I headed to the Sta...

The Christmas baking has started, with a sudden realisation that Christmas is only 5 weeks away I thought we'd better get our skates on....

All that expectation and excitement and it's all over for another year. Although it was our first Christmas living at the hut, we actual...

My friend bought me the most gorgeous bunch of proteas & calla lilies on Tuesday. I know I grow them, but it's always nice to recei...

I've written before about my family celebrating St Nicholas day on the 6th of December. Now we're passing on this tradition to the ...

A very fast Monday's Menu Favourite meal of the week- our first pesto (made from basil grown at the hut) pasta meal of the summer. Laz...

Yesterday afternoon I felt utterly exhausted. The combination of a very busy work week (writing and compiling a 12 page newsletter and manag...

Another week has gone in a flash. This Friday I have some hut flowers to share. The lilies have started! I love lilies, so easy to grow, an...

80 metres of white electrical tape. That's a lot of tape, to wind around branches. At various stages through that process (over 3 hours...

So we didn't get around to making our Christmas tree until last night, and it's still a work in progress. Tree ingredients inclu...

The end of the working week found us shopping, first at Bottega Rotolo for cheese, and Christmas treats such as glacé clementines and chocol...

Just a paper daisy today for my Friday Flower pic. Things are still a bit dull at the hut garden. So somehow my week has disappeared ag...

Our life returned to it's normal pace on the weekend. Like anybody living on a bit of property the grass on our block had taken off over...