We woke to blue blue skies and bright bright sun! Could this really be August Bank Holiday? Yes, indeed, it was a beautiful day and the pre...

When I was snipping little bits of colourful plants from the garden today to brighten up the house, I suddenly remembered the nature table ...

The seaside has always been a very special place for me, since my childhood days. Seaside holidays to traditional resorts or remote and mag...

We went to Manchester to visit our younger daughter Rosie and see her lovely new flat which is at the top of a tall old house. (It's a f...

This week a few interesting packages arrived from various crafty places - with some new supplies to add to my craft stash. I buy fabrics whi...

This year we have been having such a good crop of beans that after our week away there were so many to pick we had to get out all our coland...

One of my all time favourite colour combinations - red and white appear together all around my house - often by chance - and in my work. He...

There's a lot of crafting going on in my house at the moment, though I can't show it yet. I'm working on projects that will one ...

This is the little pink coat I knitted for delicious little Daisy, our new grandbaby, modelling it here in a very cuddly way. The pattern is...

Our house is old - built in the 1870's - and has had many renovations over its lifetime, including some by us. People before us saved i...