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Better Gnomes and Gardens

April 16, 2012

Sometimes a Saturday morning walk delivers up more than fresh air, exercise and a croissant from the bakery. It was the usual dogs, joggers and hungry water birds until I crossed the road to get to the bakery and found the little park at the entry to St Peters train station had been colonised by, … More Better Gnomes and Gardens

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there’s no place like gnome

April 1, 2012

Q. Why do all gnomish adventurers finally return to the place they came from? A. Because there’s no place like gnome.

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I'm not sure whether to be disheartened that supermarkets sell the humble #choko for 93 cents each or heartened this ubiquitous old-fashioned #backyardvegetable still has a fanbase. Prosaic inspo maybe but it's the time of year to be profligate with #lemons... unlike money #theygrowontrees 🍋 so with gay abandon I boil 'em up and make my own lemon cleaner instead of buying cheap vinegar which doesn't save much moolah but does save a plastic bottle. I strain and decant the boiled lemon-water mixture into wine bottles; if I'm feeling cheeky I leave the original labels intact 😂 We know winter has really arrived when our #schlumbergeratruncata flower. Also known as #zygocactus #crabcactus #falsechristmascactus #thanksgivingcactus and confused with #christmascactus #schlumbergerabridgesii and #eastercactus #rhipsalidopsisgaertneri ... all of them #cactusflowers. Gnocchi, another one of my #foodchallenges the thought of making intimidates me but I have no idea why because it's simple enough.

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After a decade of living in tiny apartments in the inner-city of Sydney, Australia with my husband referred to in my posts as the Gorgeous One (G.O.) while I worked in corporate-legal and the G.O. in civil earthworks we relocated 500 kilometres north in December 2015 to our home in the Nambucca Valley, NSW to follow our dream of living simply and creatively. In 2016 we did the great Australian road trip in our ute and caravan then settled in to applying our #LiveSimpleHomeMadeGrownLocalCreativeBetter philosophy to our lives and 1930’s house & garden, doing trips in our caravan when we can. We love living in the village and also being part of a wider community locally and via social media who share produce-stuff-assistance-information-inspiration. For the first few years I was a student: something I had long dreamed of. These days I’m one half of Sunshine Cottage Urban Permaculture, a member of Australian Institute of Horticulture and Permaculture Australia, a volunteer with OzGREEN and Carers NSW, co-facilitator for local community resilience activities, and admin for local community Facebook groups. I continue to learn, apply and share my experience in social media, horticulture + permaculture + design, and downshifting. From time to time, I write about day-to-day life, past & present, people & places, and take photographs with my smart phone for my blog and social media accounts @daleleelife101. Copyright © All Rights Reserved. Content of http://daleleelife101.blog is subject to perpetual copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process, nor may any other exclusive right be exercised, without the permission of the owner who can be contacted via email dln011 [at] yahoo [dot] com [dot] au.

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