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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Travel Days
I am leaving Melbourne, Australia and my daughter shortly – another period of travel looms. I am miserable thinking of leaving. I love the travel I just hate the leaving. It is almost the end of another family tour. Traveling event. Yearly procession. Whatever we call it – a lot of travel was had and…
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Banana Cream Pie.
So I woke up and I really wanted banana cream pie. We have all made banana cream pie or a variation of it but have you ever caramelized the bananas first? Me neither, so I thought I would try it. I must have been thinking about it in my sleep. Usually when I have a…
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Is Bamboo Better?
NOPE: I am not going to encourage you to replace plastic stuff with different stuff. Like replacing plastic with Bamboo. Because really there is a ton of stuff we use that is just not necessary. Simple and frugal can be so elegant. These elegant minimalist, sustainable solutions are where I prefer to land. Not getting…
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Rain Water Tanks for the Garden
On my walking travels in Melbourne, this time, I am seeing lots of rain water tanks hidden in gardens and sometimes not so hidden either. Collecting rainwater for the garden is the best thing. The rain water tanks can be connected to your garden hose and in some instances connected to the toilet and laundry…
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Spinach and Three Cheese Tart
Oh my. This was so good. Spinach tart gives you so many cheese choices. You can make this with cream cheese and Crème fraîche or ricotta, feta and fresh cream. This was made with the ricotta and feta and we sprinkled the top with parmesan cheese because why not! Pastry: And here is my favorite…
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KitKat and Kikuya in the Garden
How many of you live in a suburb? Or in town? I find it hard to stay living amongst houses abutting houses. I don’t mind the people but I miss the horizon. Suburbs give me no horizon. I love the busy energy of town but I miss the gentle lope of my animals. Yet I…
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