Beginner sock knitting: Sockalong successes
Ever since I’ve been knitting socks, the reaction from people who’ve seen them has generally been “Why would you want to knit them when you can buy them?” or “Wow, I wish I could...
Here comes the sun
We bought a new garden table and chairs last weekend. Our old wooden ones, having lasted for the best part of ten years, finally gave up the ghost over the winter and aren’t fit...
Catching up
Every year, without fail, there comes a time in my garden when things are growing faster than I can keep up with them. Despite all my good intentions of staying one step ahead this...
Monthly Musing – June 2015 – Weather it together!
It doesn’t matter where you go or where you live in the world, there’s one thing that connects all of us – and that’s the weather. We joke about the British being obsessed with...
Whit week
The schools in the UK have been on holiday again this week, for what’s known as Whit (short for Whitsun) week. Whit Monday (also known as Spring Bank Holiday) marks the end of Easter...
Being Organised
This should come as no surprise to me, but there really aren’t enough hours in the day for me to do everything I want to do, let alone those things I need to do...
