Christie posted about taking stock in this way - not something I'd done before. Last year was a tricky year, and while this year hasn't been without its challenges already, it has a fresh feel to it - so now felt a good time for a review of sorts. As I'm not a fan of... Continue Reading →

To balance my nutty neighbour tales, let me tell you why we love it here. Standing in our garden, you can see the church spire just three houses down the road. The church is old - Middle Ages old - although significantly restored, and every Sunday morning at 10am, we get to enjoy the Church... Continue Reading →

There's a cooking show we watch where the presenters regularly reference enjoying a Negroni. I'm a fairly old fashioned girl at heart about a cocktail (and yes, an Old Fashioned is also one of a small handful of cocktails I'd select on those occasions when cocktail drinking is the order of the day) but as... Continue Reading →

Late last year, I realised that my body had changed shape, despite my weight remaining the same. Now I know, of course, that bodies change as they age, but genuinely did not expect that a change in shape could be anything other than weight related. So, this realisation was - as they say - a... Continue Reading →

Let me set the scene for you... You're a parent of a pre-teen and you have dogs. Two big dogs. You're looking for somewhere to live and you come across a charming property in the centre of town. One major drawback is that it has no garden, indeed no outdoor space at all. Fortunately your... Continue Reading →

The quick answer is probably not. If I had access to sufficient funds to live without financial worries, there's so much I'd love to do, and many other ways I'd like to spend my time than doing a job. First off, I'd go back to University and see how far I could go up the... Continue Reading →

Kari inspired my previous list, and though I believed I'd emptied that particular bucket, it appears not. This list is shorter, but also includes little bit of what and why about each listed item. Drawings or sketches done in pencil or charcoal - there's something about the light and free nature of them. The life... Continue Reading →

There's an advertisement for VW cars which is currently making me feel the feels - by which I mean disbelief, crossness, anger, frustration - all the negative emotions. The scene opens to the interior of a family sized car where we hear a voiceover saying (words to the effect of) "Amsterdam is a long drive..."... Continue Reading →

As part of our recent move, we've had interactions with a number of service providers. As is now usually the case, we've been prompted to leave a review... Most of the reviews I've left have been good. The companies concerned and their employees all delivered a service somewhere along the spectrum of good to great,... Continue Reading →

I read an article which claimed those children who'd read a lot of fiction during their childhood tended to have 10 traits. Now, I usually take this type of thing with a big dollop of salt, but I was a prolific reader of fiction during childhood, and I do have all 10 traits - so... Continue Reading →