Today it's back to the start of my annual trip around the sun. How can it be that a whole year has passed again? I always reflect on this day about what's been, where we've been, where I'm at and today I thought I'd share that year in the blooms that I have enjoyed. This year, and most, since we … [Read more...]
Local Spotlight: Solar Springs Health Retreat
August 11, 2016 by 21 Comments
An invitation to come and spend the night at a local health retreat here in the Highlands could not have come at a better time for me. I've been sick, looking after sick kids and just generally feeling very meh as we tend to in late winter. I was thrilled to check out a local institution, as well as … [Read more...]
The BabyMac 10 year birthday long lunch!
June 17, 2016 by 23 Comments
Amazingly - the tickets are now all sold out (in under 7 hours!)! Apologies to all that missed out, I promise to look at hosting some more events in the future (maybe even in different states) as well as different prices points AND to give more notice before tickets go on sale! You guys! I can … [Read more...]
Local Spotlight: Suzie Anderson Home
June 16, 2016 by 14 Comments
Last week when I was visiting the new local cafe (Highlands Merchant) on the scene here in the Highlands I was VERY excited to head just next door for another new shop that has opened up: Suzie Anderson Home. Mum had told me about this place, about how amazing it was, and of course I had visited her … [Read more...]
Local spotlight: Highlands Merchant Cafe
June 10, 2016 by 24 Comments
There's been a whole lot buzz about a new cafe that has opened locally down here in Moss Vale called Highlands Merchant and after my visit there this morning, I know why. I don't know what makes a cafe work and why others don't. My Mum had a very successful cafe for a number of years in Sydney and I … [Read more...]
Sunday night bonfires
May 23, 2016 by 21 Comments
I have a new favourite thing to do: a Sunday arvo/evening bonfire at Mr & Mrs Munro's top paddock. The text message gets sent out to the group, we go back and forth on what to bring, rock up at 3.30pm and set up camp and enjoy the spectacle of sun set and moon rise. It take 2.3 seconds for … [Read more...]
Milked Dry
May 18, 2016 by 15 Comments
You guys may have seen this clip on The Project last night, I missed it but have since caught up today. I don't know the ins and outs of this, and of course if you have local brands of farmer's milk to support, then you should 100% do that. Living in dairy country (we used to have over 200 … [Read more...]
An Autumn walk in the village
April 15, 2016 by 44 Comments
If you look out any of our windows at the moment you'll see that Autumn has arrived. My favourite and my best, glorious Autumn with it's magical light, shorter, warm days and cooler, dark nights. Our village does Autumn particularly well and yesterday the girls and I took a walk up to the … [Read more...]
Monday arvo water cooler catch up
April 11, 2016 by 18 Comments
Ah school holidays...when "working" at home becomes a juggling act and if you are not organised, which I am not, the day time routine goes out the window! Which is lucky because the windows are wide open and there is a stunning Autumn day out there. Washing drying, kids playing outside, baby … [Read more...]
Show pony
February 22, 2016 by 34 Comments
Growing up in the city the only knowledge I had of "shows" was the Royal Easter Show in Sydney and still then, it was just a chance for us to go on some rides and get some show bags. I really had no idea of the importance of these shows for the country people behind them and what a big deal it … [Read more...]
Children’s book Giveaway: Wish Soup
February 8, 2016 by 35 Comments
Out of all the things that I love about living here in the Highlands my very favourite thing, hands down, would be the weather. The seasons. How I know that winter is coming because the daphne starts to bud and the hellebores flower. When the clematis and wisteria is out around the house it's … [Read more...]
Late spring afternoons
November 19, 2015 by 16 Comments
On Tuesday afternoon we headed down to our friend's (Mr & Mrs Munro) new farm for a quick drink to celebrate Mr Munro's birthday. It was a gorgeous afternoon, the sun shining, kids happy to play, feed the horses, pick some flowers and of course make endless daisy chains. We ate some pickled … [Read more...]
Burrawang General Store Cafe re-opens!
November 1, 2015 by 24 Comments
Exciting news for our little village...tomorrow (Monday 2nd November 2015) our local cafe, The Burrawang General Store Cafe re-opens after a long period of renovations by the new owners. This will probably only appeal to locals but I had to share the big news on here! I was lucky enough to get a … [Read more...]
Making a tree change: 5 years on
October 8, 2015 by 47 Comments
Hello there friends! My name is delirious. Mrs Delirious Macdonald. Off my face on jet lag, but home sweet home after a very long trip back from Rome (32 hours or something equally ridiculous). I hardly know what way is up at the minute so I was surprised to see from my Mum on Facebook this morning … [Read more...]
Tea with Mrs C
September 3, 2015 by 60 Comments
Last week I had the pleasure of taking Maggie to her first ever tea with my friend Mrs C, or as I affectionately call her, Boofy. Mrs C is one of my all time favourite people, a wicked sense of humour, as classy as they come and one of the kindest hearts. She adores my girls and Rob and stood in as … [Read more...]
On this day…making a tree change
July 4, 2015 by 31 Comments
Do you have that app on Facebook that shows you what you were doing on this day over a number of years? I do, and every morning I have a trip down memory lane re-discovering what I was doing. Last year we were away so there's lots of lovely summery, happy photos. Then a few years further back are a … [Read more...]
Winter mornings
June 4, 2015 by 35 Comments
The mornings have been COLD this week. Cold as in minus 4 and 5 cold. COLD. Jack Frost has been visiting in all his glory covering everything with sparkling frost until the sun hits. If you stand outside you can hear the crackle of the ice breaking off branches and the trickle of water dripping from … [Read more...]
Around the grounds: Autumn
May 5, 2015 by 26 Comments
Because I am old, pregnant and boring if you were to run into me today you would hear me gushing about the weather because: SUNSHINE! (cue sound of choir as well). And after SO much rain and drizzle we have SUNSHINE! And WIND! It's what I call a superior washing day. I've got 3 loads on the go out … [Read more...]
Autumn in the Village
April 13, 2015 by 43 Comments
After getting some deadlines done this morning and Daisy proudly declaring that she was onto her 6th episode of Merlin on the iPad I decided it was time to get out of the house...and fast. We went for a walk into the village to the park at School were we caught up with some friends for a play, saw … [Read more...]
School fundraiser ideas?
February 9, 2015 by 94 Comments
Our girls go to a teeny tiny country school. As in there are 29 kids in total in the entire school this year! And while I wouldn't change it for the world, being part of a small school in a small town means work. No hiding away in the shadows, no being able to miss out on putting your hands up, … [Read more...]
