Tracing Rainbows

  There is a pink furry octopus on the sofa. She is 25cm tall and I'm calling her Olivia Octopus [after Olivia Colman, the bright and ch...

 It is nearly thirty years since I went to  Quarry Bank , the Victorian Cotton Mill at Styal in Cheshire, for the wedding reception of my de...

The family in Holland all went to a theme park. Rosie rode the carousel, and Jess explained to the fairy that Grandma had made her fairy dre...

I am being super- diligent about keeping my lovely new kitchen clean and tidy. But the other day I was using my blender [in a hurry], and sp...

In her book "Kitchen", Nigella ends many recipes with a paragraph entitled "making left overs right" . I fully endorse s...

We watched "The Thursday Murder Club" last week. Having read the book, we knew Whodunit already. No spoilers here, for those who h...

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...