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Does The List Life = The Good Life?

Does The List Life = The Good Life?

Are you a list maker? I guess it crept up on us but we can easily confirm these days that we're definitely in the list-lover camp. Very little happens around here without a list (or multiple lists) Read more

A Search for Happy and the Journey Home

A Search for Happy and the Journey Home

2021 signifies a new chapter for us, as it may do for many after the turbulence that 2020 threw into the mix. Before I go on however, I should probably warn that this post may be longer than usual, Read more

Local Tourists - Super Spots so Close to Home

Local Tourists - Super Spots so Close to Home

Before we knew we would end up settling in Northland we would often talk about the concept of 'local treasures'. The idea that no matter where you found yourself in this beautiful country, you Read more

#3 - Shabby Chic Guest House Celebrates Local Treasures

#3 - Shabby Chic Guest House Celebrates Local Treasures

So to the final chapter in this short DIY renovation series, the story of how the eclectic shabby style came together in the Orchard Cottage guest house. This final part was by far the most fun of Read more

#2 Reno Journey of a 'Shabby Chic' Guest House

#2 Reno Journey of a 'Shabby Chic' Guest House

Continuing from the first part in this series about the renovation journey of the Orchard Cottage, there's a theme of removing the previously busy interior look, and each day literally consisted of Read more

Reno Journey of a 'Shabby Chic' Guest House

Reno Journey of a 'Shabby Chic' Guest House

I don't know if it's naivety, creative thinking or just the way my brain is wired which defaults to a kind of 'why not?' response when ideas spring to mind. I'm sure it's not that unique but the Read more

Does Gardening Success Confirm Graduation to Grown-up?

Does Gardening Success Confirm Graduation to Grown-up?

Many a green-fingered guru would scoff at the title of this post I'm sure. But those of us who have tiptoed around the edges of growing greatness, with much trial and error and more mortal memories Read more

Canine Capers and Furry Friendship for Life

Canine Capers and Furry Friendship for Life

It was part of the deal, as we persuaded our ten year old that moving miles away from her school, her best friends and all the goodness she'd come to love growing up in our small coastal Wellington Read more

A Citrus Celebration & Recipes for Sharing

A Citrus Celebration & Recipes for Sharing

If I was told I could only have one type of fruit for the rest of my days, there would be no question... citrus wins hands down in my book, and if I had to be specific, lemons are at the top of the Read more

Simple Pleasures Through Youthful Eyes

Simple Pleasures Through Youthful Eyes

What a different life our kids have compared to our own upbringing, how strange it seems to be at the stage of our life when more often than not now, we sound like our own parents did 'back in the Read more

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