Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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What day is it where you are?
Do you have trouble remembering the day? (they keep changing). Or the month?(they keep changing too) or which of the knobs is the hot water (I am so grateful when there is a little color coded dot on top of each tap) or whether a door will open automatically or you have to push it.…
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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…
The Kitchen's Garden 