Recommendings:

Cafe:
Sadie's Cafe, Cambridge. On the way in, heading south, on the left, if you hit the "Welcome to Cambridge" sign you've gone slightly too far. Freaking delicious cabinet food, excellent Supreme coffee, lovely Nana decor. Almost no signage out front, so easy to miss (might be off being repaired or re-done as we speak). Parking in front of the verandah, (general store style) or around the back. Has a courtyard. Feels as though the decor might change around as the mood hits, which is nice. Bacon and egg bap with hollandaise = yum. Ginger oat slice almost had me on my knees.

Blog:
Decor Extremus - "Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Peter Wells decorate an Edwardian house." Obviously helps if you are into collecting, decorating, nz history and architecture, that sort of thing. Being architecturally curious, I am.

Electricity:
Powershop. Yes. I am enjoying this level of involvement in my electricity purchasing. I also have hardly paid anything at all so far due to account credits from signing up and dividends from lines company. Funny little specials on the occasions of the return of Marmite, and the death of Margaret Thatcher are a nice touch. I wonder what the next one will be? Adding in my own meter readings is good for keeping guess-work out of the equation too.

Classic Book:
Persuasion - Jane Austen. My favourite Jane Austen book, although I haven't read all of them. I admit that I struggled with Jane Austen at first, trudging through Pride and Prejudice somewhat confused as to who was who and what was going on, and trying to recall the movie.... terrible I know. Persuasion must have been about the 3rd one I read, and that's the one that finally clicked for me.

Markets:
Pokeno Country Market. Sundays 9am - 4pm. Pokeno is small enough that you can't miss the market. Bit's and bobs, food, free range eggs, bacon, plants, milk truck, fish truck, and a nice little old lady who sells her home baking. Excellent scones with jam and cream for 50c a half scone! You can't beat that.

Daydreaming.

A bunch of links to stuff I'm interested in.
Much of this has turned up as a result of my desire for a home of my own, and trying to find a way to achieve that goal on a limited income. The concept of "wanting less" is the main vehicle.




Tiny Houses. 
Jay Shafer is really into the tiny house movement.
Check out his Youtube Stuff.


Mr Sharkey's Home Page
Housetrucks and stuff.
Check out THIS link to Mr Sharkey's tale of how he got into housetrucks and where it lead him. It's not a finished memoir, but a good read nonetheless.

Frugalkiwi.
Frugal living in New Zealand. There's chickens, craft, cooking, household tips. Just lots of handy and interesting stuff. Check out the DIY Chest Refridgerator.

The Zero Waste Home.
Some people think this woman is crazy. I think it's fascinating.
Here's a youtube link for a quick rundown of what it's about.

1880 Cottage.
The cutest little kitset houses. Although currently still way out of my price-range, I love the style of these little houses.

Green Design will Save the World!
Inhabitat. A kind of newsfeed of green ideas from around the world.

Building an Earthship.
This family is building an Earthship, but there are sections on frugality, farming, technology, etc.

Good Magazine.
This is the online version of the New Zealand magazine. Sustainable, green, that sort of thing. Some of it is fairly simplistic, but some of the articles surprise you with their insight.

That Roundhouse.
Just plain cool.

The earthbag building blog. Pretty self explanatory.

The Halfmoon Earthbag Cabin.
An earthship built with earthbags instead of tires.

Letting go of stuff. (The Joy of Less)
A blog about minimalism.

A Low-impact Woodland Home.
The cutest little hobbit house!

The loveable loo.
It's called Humanure. I'm both intrigued and skeptical as to whether I could actually manage it.


More links to come.