DIET COOKIES! Ok, maybe not low-fat or low-cal or any of that low-whatever jargon. But these little beauties are so rich that you really can't eat more than 2… a day. Believe me, I tried. And I'm embarrassed to say that I had to spit the 3rd out in the trash, as tempting as it was to try to reshape it into it's former glory and save it for later. Kidding- mostly. So give 'em a try, we think you'll like. These are Nutella based, so if ya don't care for nut...

Brrrrr! It's a beautiful snow swept scene on our little island. We've gotten about a foot of snow in the past 24 hours and are expecting more. Wheeeehew!! We have taken some lovely walks throughout neighboring farms and looking at our familiar surroundings with a new perspective. I haven't been here long enough to see snow in the islands. Steve had a taste of it when I was still in Ireland cooking. It's great stuff vs. the light and heavy rains we've been ...

My how time flies! Speaking of flies, I am excited to announce the lack there of so far this year, although it is early days yet. On our little farm, we tend to have more flies than blades of grass. I haven't yet figured the why on this, but I'm beginning to formulate ideas of termination tactics. In the meanwhile, we have been working hard to get some things done between rain and/or snow showers. If anyone knows Steve, they know he loves his rocks. Steve t...

We're settling in nicely on our new farm, 'Pole' Pole'. The name is Swahili loosely translated to 'Slowly Slowly' which is how we are attacking the endless projects we face daily on our 15 acres. Ruby the Wonder Dog is loving every minute of it. So many voles to nibble on, a myriad of pooh to chose from and bunnies to chase. We have made some significant progress on cleaning up portions of meadow and forest and I will try to post some pictures. We leave so...

testing one, two, three! we've been back home for a while now putzing around in the yard making it look beautiful. I will try to add photos of this later. Our research is in a holding patten as we discovered kinda late in the game that someone has already done a DVD on the ficus,although that wasn't our original plan. We are still considering a reference book on the subject and use all the data we have collected. Who knows!? Soon-ish I will leave for Irelan...