This week’s small pleasures 503

We woke up on Sunday morning to a thick, crisp white layer of frost covering plants, houses and cars. Where … More

Cook Book Club: January

When I saw Jo’s cookbook challenge for January – Scandinavian summer – my mind turned to Swedish midsummer, to strawberries … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sipping some plain old English breakfast tea and … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting sipping some green tea in the glorious … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be enjoying one of the Anzac biscuits I made … More

We’ll start today’s post with the good news that I don’t need to wear the moon boot any more. Of … More

We seem to finally be getting some decent summer weather – of course, the schools are back and public holidays … More

The sun shone today, which always lifts the spirits. We have had such a lousy summer, that any glimmer of … More

December rolls on, and it is only 2 weeks until Christmas. The herring has arrived (including the correct fish for … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…I would offer you a red velvet and white chocolate chunk … More