Last week I rescued a bumble bee. I had just watered the plants and was about to pour the leftover water into the kitchen sink, when I spotted the little cre...

We are in the process of re-designing our garden. As is the norm at High Winds, our beautiful house constantly throws us unexpected challeng

Written by Clare Berry This world can throw all sorts of problems at us. It can also provide some of the answers, in part. In the world we can become sick, b...

How do we gain the victory when our goals seem so great and far off that we don't know where to start?

Today I had to wait for the kettle to boil! I haven't boiled a kettle since May. "That is oddly specific," says Martin. "Yes, well that's when we went on hol...

You wouldn't believe the number of trees we have at High Winds. We have (if I have counted right) 39 Holly trees, 3 Scott's Pines, 1 Goat's Willow, 2 Japanes...

My family often think I am crazy. It was my birthday not too long ago and when my brother, Reuben, asked me what I wanted he was rather bemused by my respons...

When we were house hunting we looked around a really interesting house. It had a huge back door with a key the size of a wooden spoon. It was the sort of key...

Here is an interview with our furriest member of the family, Simba. In her favourite place Where is your favourite place?: Oh that has to be on Jan’s bed. It...

Christmas Eve at High Winds Hello! I hope you all had a great Christmas. We had nine for Christmas dinner which by our books was a very small gathering and c...

Benjamin doing some maths Let me introduce you to our children. Sam, Benjamin and Robyn. Sam is Jan’s son and the other two belong to Martin and Myself. Our ...

Please tell me I am not the only one who lets their ironing pile turn into a mini mountain. Well my Mum’s does too, but hey is there anyone else out there? I...

High Winds is a dream come true for us. After my Dad retired we relocated to a nine bedroom home where we could all live together. So the family is made up o...

Benjamin was particularly proud of the tower he made out of cushions. He collects cushions from all over the house and then hoovers them (a very important jo...

Just another meal time at High Winds!

A snowy arrival Welcome to High Winds! We have been here for 9 months now. We arrived in the snow three days before Christmas. Yes, I know, crazy time of yea...