Trying to find my way

I resisted it for a long time. Whatsapp. A free app for your smartphone which allows you to send text messages for free. I didn't want to know about it. 'What's wrong with a nice long email?' I said. But then my kids got older and they got whatsapp on their smartphones. Since they're always...

My husband and I are having some very hot nights! But not in a good way. Our bedroom is in the attic, on the side of the house that catches the sun. All day long. So by the time we go to bed it's like an oven in there. We don't have airconditioning so we...

Can you imagine there used to be a time when you didn't have to take out a loan to buy a house? You just found yourself a piece of land you liked. And then you build a house on it. From trees you cut down with your own bare hands. Or maybe with the help...

  I was on a walkabout when I encountered this very special birdhouse. It's made out of a train time table! So when the birds want to travel somewhere by train, they can easily check their timetable ; )

It's one of those things I dread the most: my washing machine breaking down. Because with five teenagers in the house, there's always a lot of laundry waiting to get done. And if I so much as slack off for óne day, that laundry immediately will start to grow, and grow and grow. Until it...