This week’s small pleasures #386

Autumn is well and truly here. Mornings are chilly, evenings dark, and we are getting out our cosy sweaters. We … More

This week’s small pleasures #385

It really feels like we are now heading into proper autumnal days with dark and chilly evenings just making us … More

You wouldn’t think from the featured image at the top of the post and that below, taken at lunch time … More

I’ve been a bit under the weather today, and have been at home off work. It is nothing serious, but … More

The clocks have now gone back an hour and we have to finally admit that autumn is here. French classes … More

As I gradually get used to the new kitchen, I’m gradually also getting my cooking mojo back again. Cooking for … More

It is Easter Monday evening and the end of the long weekend. It has been lovely to have some time … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting outside in the garden and marvelling at … More

While we are still sitting with boxes to unpack, partly as we don’t have enough storage for some of our … More

As regular readers know, I enjoy pottering about in the kitchen. Chopping onions, peeling carrots and stirring things is all … More