The Desert Echo

The Desert Echo The Desert Echo dreams of greening the world one permaculture garden and sustainable building at a time. Every design is a haven, a delight to inhabit.

The days of the lonely vegetable garden hidden out the back are over!

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28/03/2020

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I’ve been experiencing a growing sensation that is hard to put into words. It’s very close to that leap of heart and stomach when you take a stride expecting flat ground, but there is a sudden step downwards. The stumble, flail and jolt as your foot makes contact. I guess that is my fight or …

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10/01/2020

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This time last year we had to prop Ember up with sand so she would stay seated, and now I can hardly keep up with this little ball of energy. We emerged from our holiday bubble to a world on fire. We are safe where we are, but the haze blanketing the city is a …

Merry Christmas! Latest post on the blog.http://www.thedesertecho.com/blog/christmas-morning/
25/12/2019

Merry Christmas! Latest post on the blog.

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Ember’s second Christmas. Warm, relaxed and slightly hazy with NSW’s bush fire smoke. Life is simple and wonderful through the eyes of a toddler. Nothing more joyous than playing with new old op-shop toys whilst eating pancakes on the kitchen floor. We gathered masses of raspberries from the gar...

Ember is one, what an adventure!
13/07/2019

Ember is one, what an adventure!

I cannot recall with clarity a time before we had her. Now, our little bundle is one year old! Hopelessly smitten, we orbit around our bright star, warmed by every cheeky smile. The phrase “they grow up so fast” seems programmed into our DNA. Misty eyed, it springs to our lips in all its hackney...

New on the blog, we set out on a mushroom hunt!
03/06/2019

New on the blog, we set out on a mushroom hunt!

Have mushrooms started popping up their little umbrellas all over you soggy autumn garden? We’ve seen a few, but are leaving these tiny and more importantly unidentified offerings for the fairies. On the weekend we decided to take a treasure hunt. Not for buried gold, but something more ancient an...

Lions and tigers and bears oh my! Making the most of our zoo pass with Jess and Max.
25/02/2019

Lions and tigers and bears oh my! Making the most of our zoo pass with Jess and Max.

There is a moment of calm after the teething storm, bub asleep next to me gently snoring. A little time to catch up on the blog. She is exhausted after an epic cry session reminiscent of those early weeks when she got overtired because we weren’t yet in tune. The four teeth that are sprouting … ...

New blog post: Emby and Aunty Cathleen team up for an adventure at Lavandula Swiss Italian Lavender Farm.
30/01/2019

New blog post: Emby and Aunty Cathleen team up for an adventure at Lavandula Swiss Italian Lavender Farm.

Dearest aunty cathleen has seen Emby almost every week since she was born and helped her stay fashionable whilst being ethical in second hand but not second rate clothes. Thanks for keeping mama sane and well fed with homemade treats Catty! Here are some photos of Emby’s first trip out Daylesford ...

Anna and Bevan's engagement party
29/01/2019

Anna and Bevan's engagement party

On Saturday Uncle Bevan and beautiful Aunty Anna celebrated their engagement. It was a riotous night which ended abruptly for me with a phone call from my parents with Emby sobbing mama mama mama in the background. No doubt she was distraught at being torn away from the party an hour earlier just as...

A serious child, Emby did not crack a smile during her first swimming lesson, but she didn’t cry either. We were the fir...
26/01/2019

A serious child, Emby did not crack a smile during her first swimming lesson, but she didn’t cry either. We were the first ‘starfish’ to arrive and to our delight the other two babes to join us were familiar neighbourhood faces. Colourful balls and mats and a lovely instructor made her first underwater experience bearable, but her shocked expression on resurfacing was rather adorable. [ 82 more words ]

A serious child, Emby did not crack a smile during her first swimming lesson, but she didn’t cry either. We were the first ‘starfish’ to arrive and to our delight the other two babes to join us were familiar neighbourhood faces. Colourful balls and mats and a lovely instructor made her first u...

While extreme temperatures cooked the garden and the power grid we chilled in front of the fan. Despite the heat Ember h...
25/01/2019

While extreme temperatures cooked the garden and the power grid we chilled in front of the fan. Despite the heat Ember had one of her best 24 hours of sleeping in a long time, perhaps cosying up to her cot on our futons to catch some fan time made the difference. We spent a lazy morning with Bub playing in her birthday suit and tasting her first stewed pear. [ 57 more words ]

While extreme temperatures cooked the garden and the power grid we chilled in front of the fan. Despite the heat Ember had one of her best 24 hours of sleeping in a long time, perhaps cosying up to her cot on our futons to catch some fan time made the difference. We spent a lazy morning … Continue...

To celebrate Emby’s 6 month birthday, we gave her a first taste of solid food. Safe to say it was more of a treat for us...
21/01/2019

To celebrate Emby’s 6 month birthday, we gave her a first taste of solid food. Safe to say it was more of a treat for us than for her. Her little brow furrow deepened the more spoonfuls of carefully chosen homegrown carrot and organic sweet potato we offered her. I haven’t seen her frown that hard since the day she first greeted her parents! [ 360 more words ]

To celebrate Emby’s 6 month birthday, we gave her a first taste of solid food. Safe to say it was more of a treat for us than for her. Her little brow furrow deepened the more spoonfuls of carefully chosen homegrown carrot and organic sweet potato we offered her. I haven’t seen her frown that .....

We're back home and I think even Emby feels that slightly hollow feeling after a holiday because she kept waking up cryi...
09/01/2019

We're back home and I think even Emby feels that slightly hollow feeling after a holiday because she kept waking up crying in the night. After some good naps and play with grandmu and opa hopefully tonight is better. I made sure I got the ocean white noise cued up, fingers crossed it does the trick. So I thought I'd just post all the last couple of days images to savour the last fragments of beach holiday vibes. [ 600 more words ]

We’re back home and I think even Emby feels that slightly hollow feeling after a holiday because she kept waking up crying in the night. After some good naps and play with grandmu and opa hopefully tonight is better. I made sure I got the ocean white noise cued up, fingers crossed it does the … ...

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