Tracing Rainbows

I thought I had a bargain when I picked up a replacement Pressure Cooker gasket for just 50p at a charity sale back in Leicester. But when w...

The cost of dress patterns being what it is, I do like to feel they are well used. I purchased this Lisette 'Market ' pattern a coup...

I blame Charles Dickens - if you mention Ebenezer, people tend to automatically think of Scrooge. In fact the original meaning of this Heb...

First there was the £10 voucher from Lidl - compensation for issues with a Christmas turkey! Thank you, Customer Service Department. Then...

I am certainly getting my money's worth from this knitting book I completed this fish jumper [design J], then knitted a striped ca...

I am being firmer this year than ever before. Christmas is a time for love, and happy memories - but not pointless sentimentality. If I do ...

Microbeads are tiny particles of plastic- ingredients in facial scrubs, toothpastes and thousands of other 'personal care products...

On Saturday, we went down to Mundford, and using my book of Norfolk Walks, we had a lovely stroll round Lynford Arboretum. The rain held off...

Lots of reading here over the past week - and it is holiday time so neither of us feels in the least bit guilty about indulging in hours of ...

I love this ancient Irish blessing I also love the fact that just a few miles from our home in Dorset is this little lane with a fab...

Many say New Year Resolutions are a waste of time - but here are some New Year questions to consider What should I start? What shoul...

Thank you all for your friendship through 2015 - may God bless you richly in the days ahead!

...to do some belated Christmas Crafting, then check out this book I have just borrowed it from Dereham Library, and I suspect that I...

I really do, I love  receiving gift tokens. We tend to keep them for a while then have a bit of a spending spree when we have the time to do...

I think that is spelt correctly - it is Flemish for 'it tastes good' - and certainly our Christmas food has been excellent. Here are...

Some years ago [2008, just pre-mortgage!] , I purchased a set of resin Nativity Figures from Lakeland. I said at the time  "These are ...