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- ....Lisa
- Hi, welcome to Gumnut Cottage. We are a 'blended' family living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. With many skills between us, and a desire to live 'the good life' we continue to learn new skills, work hard, and hopefully inspire others to do the same. Enjoy the blog and our website - backyardabundance.com.au, sign up for the newsletter, and have a go at a project or two!
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- When Elephants Do Ballet!
- Don't Quit
- Alternative Eye Make-Up Remover
- Few more rag dolls..
- Home-made Liquid Soap
- Recent Plantings
- About Town
- Local Garden Centre
- Green Cleaning
- Vintage Clothes
- New Shop in Town
- Bumper Sticker
- Slow Cooking
- Birdhouse Doll.
- Sprouts
- Choo, choo, chook train...
- Relaxing Bath Soak
- Ned Kelly Teapot
- Redwork Embroidery
- Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup
- Poem
- Hazelbrook Antique Shop
- Vanilla Cakes
- Quilts - start small
- Nasturtium
- Monday-itus Special Blend
- Chocolate Caramel Slice
- Natural First Aid Kit
- Calendula Skin Salve
- Darug Aboriginal Country - Euroka National Park
- The Fairies
- Sister Monica's Teapot of Love.
- Simple Savings
- Garden Delights & Caterpillar Invasion
- Pottery
- Adventures with Soap Making
- Winter
- Working with Wood Show
- Talented Ladies
- Lotsa Bags
- Rain From Nowhere
- Cheer me up Pics!
- The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
- Books
- Basil
- Beauty Treatments
- Silverbeet
- A couple of my favourite things
- Borage - Starflower Face Mask
- First Steps in Pottery
- Chain of Love
- Teddies
- Roast Pumpkin, Spinach & Fetta Risotto
- Anzac's
- Anzac Biscuits
- Desiderata
- Blue Mountains, NSW
- Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
- Nottingham, UK
- Start each day in a happy way..
- Favourite Mug
- Autumn
- Rag Doll
- From the Garden
- Ah! Sun-Flower
- Bag Swap
- Home-made Pesto
- Pesto Pasta
- Caramel Cakes
- The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
- Mothers Day
- Welcome
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Thought For the Day
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall: A mother's secret love outlives them all. (O W Holmes)
Favourite Sites
- A Gift of Inspiration
- Aussie Soap Supplies
- Aussies Living Simply
- Colonial Herbs
- Daleys Fruit Trees
- Earth Garden Magazine
- Eden Organic Seeds
- Free Craft Articles
- Freerangeliving Blogspot
- Gardening Australia
- Good Life Bookclub
- Gourdfather
- Green Living Australia
- Greenharvest Garden Supplies
- Greenpatch Seeds
- Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre
- Heligan Gardens, Cornwall UK
- Home Grown Organics
- Homeopathy Plus
- Jackie French
- Mogs Design
- Natural Soap
- New Directions Raw product supplier
- Norman Lindsay Gallery
- Northey Street City Farm
- Oxfam Shop
- Pure Earth Products
- Reverse Garbage Sydney
- Rose Supplier
- Simple Savings Australia
- Sun Valley Primitives
- The Diggers Club
- The Interview with God
- World Vision
Spring in the Mountains
Favourite Books
- Novels:- Di Morrissey's books. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Robin Hood by Carola Oman (1939). The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Ransom by Julie Garwood. Maeve Binchy. Inspiring;- Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach. Life is So Good by G Dawson. Affluenza by C Hamilton & R Denniss. Gardening;- The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Tim Smit. Easy Organic Gardening by Lyn Bagnall. Garden Feast by M King. All Jackie French books especially Seasons of Content and Backyard Self-Sufficiency. Home-made Beauty Treats;- Bodyworks by Murdoch Books. Ultimate Natural Beauty Book by J Fairley. Aromatherapy by J Harding. Soap Naturally by P Garzena & M Tadiello. Cookery;- Marie Claire Comfort. Survival for the Fittest Series (Aust Institute of Sport). Ainsley Harriott's books. Jams & Preserves by Murdoch Books. Bread Machine Kitchen Handbook by J Shapter.
Favourite Movies
- The Castle. Danny Deckchair. Phantom of the Opera. Shipping News. K-Pax (anything with Kevin Spacey!) Worlds Fastest Indian. Van Helsing.
Favourite Music
- The Kelly Family
- Crowded House. U2. Sinead O'Connor. Wendy Matthews. Chris Isaak. Blue Mountains Gypsies - The Paganini Duo. Secret Garden - Earthsongs. Il Divo (while cooking!)
Lady Diana, Princess of Wales Rose
Backyard Abundance
"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord"... Psalms 92:1
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