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Places I Roam

down---to---earth

Where happiness is lurking - It's my birthday today, I'm 76. 🙂 I love being my age. Every stage of life brings new joys and challenges and now is no different. I know some people ...
3 days ago
The Machinist's Wife

CATERPILLARS & KEEPING IT REAL - Table talk amongst our children is and always has been, - a rabbit warren . We start off in one hole and end up in another - quick smart. Nothing ne...
5 weeks ago
Bredbo Valley View Farm

Blog is closed - This blog is closed, we no longer own the farm or live in Bredbo. Thanks.
2 months ago
Books, biscuits and bicycles...

Arnott’s Shapes Savoury - I would have assumed I have reviewed these before, but apparently not. Or maybe I have, and can’t find the review. But it’s time to look at Savoury Shapes ...
6 months ago
Lessons from the Monk I Married

Seattle Girl on Cape Cod: The fog will lift and you WILL get your mojo back.... - Dear fellow EARTHLINGS, Are any of you feeling the INERTIA? Are you feeling the fog? Are you on airplane mode? Is your vehicle on auto-pilot? Are you in...
1 year ago
Butts and Ashes

Second Chances - So, today was our 45th wedding anniversary. We were suppose to be grooving in Newnan, Georgia with Alan Jackson. There was also a surprise party planned fo...
2 years ago
The Eco Cat Lady Speaks

A Coyote Story - I realize it's been forever since I've posted, so I thought maybe I'd tell you a little story about my day. Not My Photo, just a good shot of a howling coy...
4 years ago
dig this chick

hump day nuggets: fourth quarter - *hump day nuggets: bits of the season in photos and words* If you start writing a Hump Day Nuggets on hump day but do not post it then, can it still be c...
4 years ago
Scarecrow's Garden

Remember November? - After the driest Spring on record (See Here) the garden shade is set up for the long hot summer to come... The end of November also means the end of Spri...
4 years ago
Spot On Cedar Pond

Freya Gives Birth to Twin Lambs ~ Part 2 - Freya has successfully given birth to her second ram (male) lamb and now she finishes cleaning them of afterbirth and tending them. Freya is a very good ...
4 years ago
Canberra Brown Owls

Canberra Brown Owls - August Meet Up - *Hey Brown Owls!* It's the end of August and you can smell spring is in the air. So let's have one more month of woolly projects. You know Canberra will...
5 years ago
tea with lucy

braided baskets from fabric scraps - Sitting by the fire. Cup of tea {or a red wine} by my side. Braiding strips of fabric, to be stitched into baskets. This has been my happy place this w...
5 years ago
The Greenhaven Good Life

When life gets messy - If you are here reading because you are looking for answers about what to do when life gets messy, move on. There’s no sage advice here. Simply my tho...
5 years ago
Eight Acres

The new Eight Acres website is live! - Very soon this blogspot address will automatically redirect to the new Eight Acres site, but in the meantime, you can check it out here. You will find all...
6 years ago
Lucky's Duck Farm

Moving Forward - Getting the raised garden beds ready was a good stint of physical work. Been a few years since I have put in the hard yard like this. First bed fini...
6 years ago
Rawmazing

Favorite Summer Salads - Around our house, summer dinner is often a big, hearty salad. I love that salads can be easy to throw together and light on the stomach when it’s hot out...
6 years ago
Gooseberry Jam

Visiting - Its the start of a new year 2017! It's late, everyone's in bed, I'm having trouble sleeping these days as my mind has shifted direction. My eldest son h...
7 years ago
R&L's Homespun Life

November already.... - It is November and almost election time.... I am so glad it is almost over.... I have voted and hope you have voted for whoever you want.... We have been ...
7 years ago
Twilight Taggers

Corner To Corner Hot Water Bottle Cover Tutorial - *MATERIALS* Large standard size hot water bottle (34cm tall x 20cm wide) 8ply yarn (I used New Fashion yarn) in any colours you like 3.5mm hook (you need ...
7 years ago
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Grandma's Bacon, Leek and Butternut Pumpkin Soup - A little breeze is the only excuse I need to bring out the stock pot and start a soup! Below is one of our favourites: One large stock pot needed *Ingr...
8 years ago
the weekend farmer

First day of spring...2016 - First day of Spring at the farm and with a strange restlessness, we are all eager to get started. We had no winter this year...so the farmers are bit worr...
8 years ago
Armidale City to Soil

Living room Design for Tiny Homes - Whenever you open your way to visitors looking in, you don't need them strolling in into a dull-looking lounge now, isn't that right? You do wish you coul...
8 years ago
Brown Owls Members Blog

Stacy's letter of retirement - *Dearest Brown Owl Family.* It is with sadness that I finally write my letter of retirement today as the Brunswick Brown Owl convenor after almost *5 yea...
8 years ago
Norm's Bees, Naturally

Making Top Bar Hives from Pallet wood - I promised someone recently that I would show them how I took apart pallets and use the wood to make hives. I was hoping that I could just point them to th...
8 years ago
3 ACRE HOMESTEAD

Última edición de TEAMSEOBLASTEO - Estados Unidos vs. México. Ha llegado el momento de olvidarnos de los colores, dejar de lado las rivalidades que la pasión por nuestro equipo despierta y u...
8 years ago
Smiley Mum, Crafty Mum, Busy Mum.

Marvel Daredevil In Netflix, The Best Is Coming Through Netflix! - With so many superheroes spawning in our entertainment world whether it is on movie screen or TV screen, marvel should turn their wit more to ensure that...
8 years ago
Laugh in the Sun

Some people don’t get to read, and that sucks - Originally posted on Jane Bryony Rawson: Heaven. Image by Robert S. Donovan/Flickr If you’ve ever read this blog before you know how much I love reading. I...
8 years ago
Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op

Simple living routines: morning and evening - by Rose @ greening the rose Creative commons by Alondra Olivas Routines serve us well when we use them as a framework to deal with the essentials of the da...
8 years ago
Seasons Of The Bee Keeper

Honey-Sweet Gift From Russian Friend ~ State of My Bee-Hives in February 2015 - Our hummingbird feeders ( all 6 of them ) are buzzing with honeybees all day, every day. This is February and the temperatures have been as warm as a typ...
9 years ago
the Slow Schlepper

new address - Please note : my blog and store can now be found at *no16cyclecaps.com*
9 years ago
Urban Food Forest

- I Love my Greenhouse Once upon a time, there was an oddly shaped corner of the garden that was getting very over-grown with unwanted spreading boysenberr...
9 years ago
Path to Self Sufficiency

European Permaculture Convergence in Bulgaria - As promised here comes my report from the European Permaculture Convergence, which took place from the 25th to the 30th of July on the shores of Lake Bat...
9 years ago
Journey to the edge of Jane

9-14 / 3 / 14 - Hi. Life has veered me in a few different directions over the last few weeks. All good, all learning and growing, always grateful. It never stops does i...
10 years ago
eat at dixiebelle's

:: Growing Home :: - Please find me at Growing Home! Growing Home website Growing Home Facebook Growing Home Instagram
10 years ago
Life in the Dome

Eight is enough - I love my chooks and I can't believe they are as old as they are and still laying! Whatever happened in their off year seems to have passed and they are ch...
10 years ago
Caitlyn Nicholas

This Blog is Moving - Seven years. Over 1,100 posts. Over half a million page views. And its time for a new start in a new space. From 1 January 2014 this old blog is officia...
10 years ago
The Duck Herder

Teach cows to eat weeds - Cleaning up my emails this morning I rediscovered this little gem.
10 years ago
dandelion

Bunny love!! - Lately I have been making lots of bunnies and loving it! My Dandelion bunnies have been finding homes with all sorts of children...newborns and birthday...
10 years ago
Shack in the Middle

Change of address - Hey guys, I've moved! I started a new blog called Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens and you're welcome to join me there. So much has changed since I started...
10 years ago
Backwards Beekeepers

Next meeting: Sunday, January 27 - The next meeting of the Backwards Beekeepers will be on *Sunday, January 27 at 11am*, at Golden Road Brewing. We meet outside the building on the covere...
11 years ago
Simply Me

mylittlemogo -
11 years ago
THE DAILY PIE

REMEMBRANCE - Hello and thankyou for visiting The Daily Pie Blog It has been just over a year, and we, the De Bruin Family sincerely miss making and baking our pies, as ...
11 years ago
Trily Cottage

More yumminess - This has got to be a record for me. I am actually sticking to the whole primal-eating thing and feeling great (well, as great as you can feel when you are ...
11 years ago
Sherdie

I could be wrong, I could be right - It’s been a busy time here at Sherdcentral, you guys. I have been duck-like in appearing to spend quite a lot of days watching how the sunlight moves acros...
11 years ago
Consumption Rebellion

Making the best use of what you've got... - My son recently moved up a scout group! He was very excited. On the day he came though, the scout group were at the stage where they were testing out thei...
11 years ago
The Itty Bitty Farm in the City

Keeping It Clean - Believe me, I'm as surprised about this post as you are. Over the past few months, I have been barely keeping my head above water and have had little to po...
11 years ago
Sherdie in Brisvegas

Left address - Oh hi! I'm over here now at sherdie.com. Come and visit.
11 years ago
City Bees

Beige, I think I'll Paint It Beige... - There is a terrible joke that goes with the title of this post, but there is a less humorous strategy behind the color choice. This year's color for wood...
11 years ago
Texas Tootbloom

Beautiful Model | Yesica Toscanin - Yesica Toscanini Yesica Toscanini (born March 9, 1986) is a fashion model and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Yésica Toscanini:The Most Beautiful A...
12 years ago
Wild For Tea Cosies

Diamond Ring jewelry stores - Diamond rings have come to represent love and deep pledge and are most often given as assure of marriage and lifetime commitment to another person. In 1477...
12 years ago
Peaceful Valley Farm Blog...

Switching my blog to Wordpress... - Please follow me over and re-subscribe! http://peacefulvalleyfarm.wordpress.com/
12 years ago
Scribbles

Bacterial Photosythesis - Bacterial Photosynthesis as process is a net water production mechanism. Bacterial Photosynthesis as a process is a crucible for energy capture, storage an...
12 years ago
The Frugal World of Doc

I'm all stuck up... - ...Ah, ha, ah ha! <--looks nothing like how I said it! Okay, shoppers, I've been away from frugal, cyber space for a while so thought I would get back into...
12 years ago
Flood Street Farmlet

Return To Sender - Unfortunately the pending sale of the block of land did not proceed. I find it odd that people will commit to purchasing a real estate if they're not sure...
12 years ago
Wind-blown dust and dirt

Climate rap – scientists fight back - Fresh from* Hot topic.com. * That's it folks you're on your own from here on in. Regards Jonesy Good luck one and all.
12 years ago
Playing With Weeds

15 June 2010 - [image: Red Clover 2] *Plants* - Red clover - Chamomile - Rose - Nettle - Motherwort - Angelica - Sweet Cicely - Feverfew - Comf...
13 years ago
The Blue Mountains Menagerie

At my signal... - Unleash hell We have a rat problem This little guy met his maker the other day This morning I found evidence of a second rat on the grassy knoll It's wa...
13 years ago
Trily Cottage

Moving Back - Just to be annoying I am moving back to http://ittybittyhomestead.blogspot.com/ because, well, WordPress is annoying. So duck on back over there to see our...
14 years ago
The Wild Parsnip Kitchen Garden Journal

Our precocious chickens - Our six chickens are officially laying hens now, on their 17 week birthday! We were expecting to wait another month for eggs, but we found four eggs today....
14 years ago
Living in Delhi

Sufdarjungs Tomb - After settling in to big city living, finding our local markets and all the other essential things needed to survive, we started to have a look around at t...
14 years ago
Everyday Eco in the A.C.T.

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The Big Cog

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Cycle Adagio

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The Dirigibles & Dreams of a Garden Phoenix

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The Funny Farm

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The Queen of the Tea Cosies

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Dikkipenior KilliKer

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The Tiny Homestead

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nevyn's place

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Zorro's Blog

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rift in time and space

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Hard Work Homestead

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Maywood Farm

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Down and Out In A Brave New World

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Slow RPM

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