Training smarter as we get older
A change in the way we approach our fitness training has made a massive positive difference. We’re trying to train smarter as we get older, not just for performance but for enjoyment and our general health. Hopefully, it’s a change that’ll maximise our life expectancy too. We’re not twenty anymore. The problem with aging is…
Making The Daily Bread
Onion skins! In bread?? I’ve been constantly amazed at what I can add to the mix when I’m baking bread, that makes a delicious loaf and cuts down on waste. Win-win. My experimental Frankenstein Loaf is constantly evolving… My bread-maker is the second I’ve owned. The first died from overuse and I’m sure the second will go the…
Our Version of Mindfulness
It’s funny, I’ve been trying to come up with a post about budgeting, being frugal, making do with what you have and indeed, having less, but I’ve been having a hard time coming up with the right angle. It’s getting late, so I bring the computer to bed, because I have to get something started. I…
How slowing down a bit from time to time helps us all.
A new (old) bike and an idea about making riding normal. Let me explain… I used to be a strictly go fast, in bunches, wearing lycra, kind of cyclist. I’m a member of our local cycle club committee, I race (and sometimes do well) and take part in events, both fun and a little more…
Foraging on the expressway
This post carries on from where I left off in “Foraging on my driveway (and the beach)” and details final steps in making a Native Salt and Pepper Mix from scratch. Where we left things was that I had made Kawakawa and Nasturtium powder from leaves I’d foraged on my property. It was a fairly…
We built a Hugelkultur!
I love vegetable gardening. I’ve loved it since forever. I wouldn’t call myself an expert but I’d dearly like to produce enough to keep us in vegetables without having to buy from shop or supermarket. In previous houses I’ve not really had the space or soil quality to go all out in the production stakes,…
Foraging on my driveway (and the beach)
A while back Glynis bought me a book named ‘Find it, Eat it’. As is often the way with information books, it sat in a drawer for a while, brimming with potential. But, in a nice bit of serendipity, it was hanging out with the cookery books and my daughter, Annie, had a hankering for…
You look like a cowboy!
An introduction to our blog I’m not often a clothes shopper, but I recently got sucked in by a sale at a store I like, so I bought a couple of items I need. One of them was a new long-sleeved shirt that I picked up on the bargain rack (ticking our frugal boxes). Glynis…
Adrian
Glynis