Tracing Rainbows

  This week a t school is French week. Yesterday we experienced a French Breakfast [hot chocolate in bowls, croissants, pain au chocolate et...

The girls at Sewing Club wanted to make garments. We decided that first they should learn techniques [zips, buttonholes, casings for elastic...

  This tatty looking s hed is Hut 6, at Bletchley Park. It is in a dreadful state of repair, as are many of the buildings on the site. Ble...

Second Sunday in the month, so another Family Service today.Bob worked incredibly hard yesterday producing a wonderful visual aid - then dis...

In all the excitement of having a Snow Day on Thursday, I completely forgot to celebrate World Nutella Day! You can read all about it o...

  A few months ago,I foolishly put my phone in the back pocket of my trousers and went off to do some housework. Whilst in the bathroom, I ...

We had a snow day today- so at 6.38am I got a phone call from a colleague telling me school was shut. The five minutes later another friend...

It is very cold - the snow is still on the ground and many pavements remain treacherous. At yesterday's Ladies Fellowship we had 14 pre...

I cleared the snow off my car and drove to Sainsbury's to get some groceries this morning. The car park was almost empty - a highly unu...

The family next door have built a tremendous snowman. Bob helped lift the head on, and I contributed a carrot and two lumps of barbecue char...

Another busy Sunday - helping with Kirby Fried Church this morning [our monthly 'youth church' thing] and then this evening Bob wen...

Our friend Dave Ford runs Africa Aid - a charity devoted to helping poor people in Africa [including taking medical supplies to a maternity ...

It feels cold and wintry today - and according to Amanda Ursell [the nutritionist in The Times] "January is not a month for surviving o...

Rachel sent me this today. I had heard Richard Stilgoe sing it before, but not seen the YouTube version. I suspect that there are probably ...

Continuing to enjoy "The Victorian Farm" very much. Tonight's episode showed Ruth learning to use a Treadle Singer machine ...

An unspeakably long day - school, then a lesson-planning meeting, home for 45minutes to grab food, then back to church for Sewing Club, and ...

We had a really lovely evening yesterday - went for a meal to my friend Lesley's home. She and I have become great friends through the ...