Vicky Adin is a New Zealand historical fiction author. She lives on the North Shore of ...
Life
Articles all about our country, your favourites like food, wine, family, your home, gardening, retirement living and yes, something about pets also.
Tips, Questions and Strawberries
It’s time to catch up on some of the tips and questions sent in recently by ...
How To Grow Ferns Indoors
Ferns can be a beautiful addition to any room, adding luscious green tones and leafy shapes ...
Frugal Self Help
It’s always amazing to read the self-help ways people find to turn a dollar into two. ...
Winter Warmth
While the country was coated in ice like a wedding cake we got thinking about ways ...
We Are Plastic
I don’t mean we are mass produced and cheap. I mean plastic in the sense that ...
The Leg Shop
For the past 7 years I’ve been a patient at the Auckland Artificial Limb Centre. For ...
Modern Dads
Sixty percent of modern Dads reckon they are better at parenting than their fathers were and I think they are right. My dear old Dad was born in 1907 and he knew exactly what was expected of father. For example, he knew he was the undisputed head of the h
What To Do When We Don’t Know What To Do….
Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you." Eckhart Tolle
Garden Maintenance
Gardens rest and recuperate at this time of year, but keep up the maintenance to enjoy a fruitful spring garden.