Category: Photography
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Easier than Irish Soda Bread: Make Irish Soda Farls
It is St Patricks day here in the USA and you might want to add a little Irish Soda Bread to your dinner. Or even easier: Make Soda Farl. Only four ingredients and they take literally minutes to put together. Easy. Simple. Fast. These are my favourite words when it comes to a recipe. You…
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We are the People with a Planet
How lucky we are to have a Planet. Its a big responsibility. – A planet all of our own. I said. – I write about how we can look after it. I said. There was a pause. – But, what should I do first? He said. My optometrist gazed deeply into my eyes. Optometrists do…
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Did I tell you? Why I Hate March!
A New Zealand Winter has finally arrived. In March. In Illinois. New Zealand winters are damp, and cold, and wet. And long. The Illinois March is too damn long. Which is why I hate March. March in Illinois has snow, rain, wind, sun, cold, storms, floods and everything in between and sometimes all on the…
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Building fences with BooBoo
Fencing is my least favourite job. But BooBoo is always happiest outside with me. Ton is not fond of fencing because he hates loud noises (especially when I am driving in the fencing posts with the post bommy-knocker thingy) and he will always race back to the house. But once Boo has put his toys…
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With 35,000 choices a day, how many do you Make On Purpose?
What an enormous question! I don’t feel like I make that many choices a day? I feel tired just thinking about it. And all our choices – even the unconscious decisions – can have a profound effect on the people in our lives, the homes we live in, the planet? From when to sow your…
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