A visitor, winter sunshine and some wine tasting

This weekend we had our first visitor from Scotland, Gillian, the niece of an old school friend of mine who … More

Packing, Sunday pizza and a sleepy cat

This is probably going to be my last blog post before I head off on my trip to Copenhagen, Aberdeen, … More

The weekend is my time for baking, and I had a craving for scones on Sunday. Scones come in all … More

Usually when the weather sees that there is a public holiday on the calendar, it arranges for rain or wind … More

After the windy weather of the past week, the weather has changed today, Saturday, and we had a gloriously sunny … More

Winter seems to be here, starting with a vengeance on Sunday with gale force winds that nearly blew me away … More

I woke up on Saturday morning to near gale force winds, rain and the really sad news about the fire … More

As I mentioned at the end of the last post, on Saturday night I went to see ‘Grumpy Old Women: … More

After a few days of pretty awful weather, the sun came out again on Friday morning. The autumn flowers are … More

It is never good to start a blog with a negative, but I need to make a quick apology for … More