Life, lately
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by Beth
9M ago
It’s the winter school holidays, already, so soon? Apparently yes. Which means that it’s been almost one year since we moved house waiting for the renovation to begin. I cannot believe how fast that has gone and that there are piles of stuff in the garage that I “meant” to get sorted after I just a little break from the exhaustion of the move and there they still sit. Waiting. All of us a year later, still exhausted and still catching my breath from it all. Does this mean that we never actually catch our breath and I am still trying to catch up from 2011? I thought so. Home is coming along. I ..read more
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Maggie is now 8!
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by Beth
9M ago
Somehow our baby turned 8 last month. HOW I ASK YOU. Remember when she was one? And then two? And then three? And then four? And then five? And then six? And then seven? And now eight. I know it’s so cliche to say how fast it all goes, but my goodness it’s just all going so fast. We had a lovely little birthday at home – nothing very exciting, no big party or celebration, but it was just what we needed. Visits with family, breakfast with Rob and I, a playdate and dinner out with her friends and big sisters. When Lucy and Chris and kids got back from Fiji, we had a simple family catch ..read more
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Blog post Entry 3,561
BabyMac
by Beth
11M ago
On Easter Sunday morning I was a complete disaster. The first term always gets me good, there’s new routines and timetables, sport begins, there’s Easter to plan for and thankfully in the lead up to the break, we had been busy in the shop. We had had a big first term with Daisy growing up, fast. A boyfriend, endless social activities and the push and pull that comes from all that as we navigated grown up stuff as a parent and still not knowing if anything we are doing, is the right thing. Alexa can you tell me how to make a 16 year old listen to her Mum? We had a lot of background grown up fa ..read more
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Cooking & Conversation: Birch X Add to Cart Event
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by Beth
1y ago
We hosted our first Birch X Add to Cart Event on the weekend in the restaurant – what an amazing afternoon we had sharing ways to host the ULTIMATE feast. Lots of amazing food, wine, chatting, cooking, eating, and then shopping! What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Ideas for hosting this event had been years in the making…just that pandemic thing kept getting in our way…but we finally managed to pull it all together. The plan was to showcase what I do as a home cook, entraining at home, tablescaping and then Chef ben showcasing what he does as a ‘proper’ chef for entertaining with d ..read more
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Visiting the Southern Highlands? Read this!
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by Beth
1y ago
The last time I updated this post was in 2017 so I thought it was well and truly in need of an update as I am often asked about where to go and stay and what to do in the Highlands. Lots of these posts are a number of years old and won’t have the most up to date places and there are new places opening up every single week it seems, so bear with me if there are things missing. My first port of call would be to check out The Fold Southern Highlands on their website and Instagram to keep up to date on what’s happening in and around all the villages of the Highlands. Also…to see what’s on is the ..read more
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Summer Days, drifting away
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by Beth
1y ago
The days have been long, endless driving for bored teens in the country with no public transport. Keeping small kids while working…oh yes, that old juggle. Cake eating, cleaning & organising, washing, board games, lots of cooking and eating and gin swilling. Book reading, tv show binging, gardening, flower picking, late nights and early mornings. Relaxing mornings, anxiety ridden nights worried about all the what ifs that lie ahead of us at the start of a new year. It must be January. How’s yours going ..read more
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First Annual Friend’s Trip to…Jugiong
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by Beth
1y ago
I have been meaning to do this post since AUGUST last year and with some time in early January I wanted to finally get the time to share one of the best weekends I have ever had…our first annual friend’s tip that we did in August 2022. The weekend was a celebration for Lucy’s 40th and James’ 50th but it was mostly a chance for us to go away as couples as we always do a girls/gays trip and the boys do a camping trip. When we went around the table at our Christmas gathering a few weeks ago, this weekend was a highlight for so many of us. 3 nights away, 6 couples, a great location, amazing food a ..read more
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Tender hearts, new year, slow farm days
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by Beth
1y ago
We are back from our annual post Christmas visit to the farm – honestly my favourite week in the whole year. I said to Sue when we arrived on Wednesday afternoon absolutely exhausted from Christmas with the family – late nights and mess and endless cooking, that the farm is the place to me that really feels like coming home. We have had 18 New Years eves up there, and these years have bought with them an early marriage, one, two and three children, joy and loss. It’s everything to our family and to me. It’s the only place I seem to completely relax. I am looked after by Sue. The family loves i ..read more
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Christmas 2022
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by Beth
1y ago
Another Christmas has been and gone for the year and this one was special for sure. We had my entire family together (each and every one of us) for the first time in 4 years. The last time we attempted this at the beach we had a mad dash to the border thanks to Victoria closing it, so it was extra special to be able to be together and enjoy these special moments together. With the kids growing up who knows how long we will be able to do this…lots of memories locked away over 4 amazing days at the beach. The sun was shining, the hydrangeas were in bloom and the food and drink and laughter was o ..read more
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Southern Highlands Wineries: 6 vineyards in 6 months
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by Beth
1y ago
SPONSORED POST FOR SHFWA We’ve been living in the Southern Highlands now for 12 years and while we are surrounded by so many fabulous vineyards and wineries, and we enjoy the delicious wines that come from them every week, there are still so many wineries we have yet to visit all these years later. I’m sure it’s the same for anyone that lives in a Gorgeous tourist destination, you take what’s in your backyard for granted and can all too often forget then spoils available to you. I also get asked many times every week about the best places to eat and drink and stay in the Southern Highlands, s ..read more
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