Summer greetings.. . Dear blog readers, Have you entered the summer "lull" yet,  the lazy days,  the stopping what you are doing l...

Why I think I might start drumming... Every now and then I hear other parents tell me - not seldom without a poorly hidden despondency in th...

Garden glimpses... Scruffy shed at the back of the garden? Nothing that a few pots of lavenderishious loveliness and a couple of  gently gre...

Resurfacing... Dearest blog readers, Now how did that happen?! A blog silence so long that even I was beginning to wonder if I would ever fi...

Flirting with turquoise... Now, many are the eyebrows that might now be raised a little higher than usual in front of the computer screens.....

Lollipops, lucky clover   and a surprise little black number... Just outside our double doors to the garden, there is a small patio between ...

Taking a Bluebell Break... Dear blog readers, Sometimes, when the rain finally holds back for a brief moment,  the clouds part long enough f...

'Purpling' the patio...again! To see the whole image, please click on it. Dear readers, Some of you may think there has been a litt...