Tracing Rainbows

Tomorrow is September 1st - a significant double anniversary for me. 1st September 1978, Bob asked me to marry him. Exactly a year later, he...

"Has the 2by2 square arrived?" I asked Kirsten, and she replied "Yes, but mine is bigger than yours, it's 7cm², yours is ...

Wednesday morning was the start of the Autumn Session of the Shed. It was a Mardle [Norfolk word for get-together and natter] The men, wives...

I had an email from the coordinator at Voluntary Norfolk. Could I do an extra session at the Hospital on Tuesday? The donkeys were coming an...

  ... Two By Two Below are my first two squares for our latest collaboration.  In my stash I found a cushion panel for a Noah’s Ark, about 1...

So yesterday was our wedding anniversary - Liz, Steph and families are now all in Holland - so it was a day by ourselves. We began early wit...

Forty Six Years and still going strong. God has blessed us with so much. Thank you Bob for every wonderful moment! [and for your infinite pa...

On Friday we watched a  fascinating programme  about Bamburgh. Much of the early history of this ancient village on the Northumbrian coast c...

I wonder how many you worked it out, We were at Dunston Hall , a luxury hotel, spa and golf course, just south of Norwich.   

For my 70th birthday in April, Liz, Steph and their families gave me a special present - a double ticket for a day here. It looks Elizabetha...

I thought it was Men in Black, but in the  NANSA  CS in Norwich, they have a basket by the door. Everything is £1, and labelled with a tag s...

Just two news stories which you may have missed... There's an old joke about a minister who said on New Year's Day that he wanted to...

According to the charity English Heritage, unless Somebody Does Something, the British Pudding will become extinct in the next 50 years. My...

Years ago I was sitting in a staff room writing notes on my day of Supply Teaching, so the regular tea her would know what her class had bee...

Liz taught me the phrase cascade of chores when one task leads to another, and another...and eventually,  maybe, some of them get completed....

The King was in Staffordshire, but we went to the local VJ Day Commemoration Service on Friday at Dereham Parish Church. It was very moving....

We are constantly being urged to Stay Hydrated. I do  try, but honestly, there is no way I could manage to cart a 1.2 litre flask around wit...