Tracing Rainbows

We donned our coats and wellies, and grabbed our packed lunches and four dozen of us [mostly aged 4 or 5] went on a coach to Beaumanor Hall ...

Some of those flowers I was given on September 29th are still going strong! I sorted out the final few chrysanthemums and trimmed their stem...

Did you hear the announcement this week about The Clangers? The Clangers were wonderful - a family of pink mouse-like creatures, who liv...

On Monday I went down to Oxford, for a Preparation Day for the 2014 Women’s World Day Of Prayer. This year’s theme is “Streams In The Deser...

I have just been to our biennial Connexion Weekend at King’s Park Conference Centre in Northampton. It was amazing, and encouraging, and so ...

…there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo. Julia Donaldson’s delightful story has been our theme at school for a few days – and on Friday we are...

This is an official Government chart of fluctuations in house prices in the UK from Jan 2005 to December 2011 which I found this week . Hous...

I wanted to find an easy lace pattern – one I could memorise, and do in the car whilst travelling. I played around for a while and ended up ...

In our ongoing exploration of the whole bread experience, I tried yet another method this week. A favourite food blog on my list is Frugal M...

…without breaking eggs! Now I know that, and agree with it. On Sunday night when staying with Liz, I was reading her Waitrose magazine. It ...

On Monday, Bob and I went to the ExceL exhibition centre in London [having spent Sunday night with Liz and Jon] This year the PLASA [Profess...

In a recent post , Floss mentioned her “wholesome thrifty” resolutions for the Rentrée [in France, it seems that you use the start of the ne...

I was asked to help make 6 sheep costumes for a school production – to fit a group aged between 12 and 17. So four fluffy,fleecy creamy whit...