Tracing Rainbows

I was pleased to discover last Friday that the Ferndown Market is not monthly, as I had thought, but weekly . However the cheerful oni...

I eat breakfast every day - some Saturdays Bob does a great fry-up, High Days and Holidays I enjoy croissants, coffee and o.j. - but most da...

Thanks for all the helpful advice regarding slugs. I will plant out more courgettes in pots and grow them again on the windowsill in the ...

Like many of my friends, I watch the programme 'Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners' with a mixture of fascination and horror - at...

In my determination to grow more veg and flowers this year, I planted some courgettes, nasturtiums and sweet peas in little pots. I nurtured...

Sometimes a Gran has to admit that Grandad has won that day's 'I can settle the baby' contest. Doesn't he look smug?

Menu --- Salmon Mousse with Black Pepper Crackers garnished with our Garden Mint --- Four bird roast Amazing Roast Potatoes...

It is my birthday today. I was born on Easter Sunday, and I love Sunday birthdays. The house smells gorgeous - on the dining table is one of...

Last Saturday we were in the elegant setting of Cannizaro House , by Wimbledon Common, for the wedding of my niece Francesca to Fergus ...

I promised some more pictures from Stourhead , the lovely National Trust property we visited recently. This has been the home of the Hare f...

We had a fantastic weekend - a friend's 50th birthday party on Friday, niece Francesca's wedding Saturday [so all the family were to...

Friday saw our new monthly street market appear in town. Gazebos all down the street, in the little parking square and at the top of the pre...

No that isn't a typo. Ramsons is another name for   Allium Ursinum – which is also also known as buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved g...

Not the King from the carol, but Wenceslaus Hollar. This name was new to me, but I have realised that I have seen WH's work in the his...