I just had to show you this. Mr. Rooster arrived this morning in a small box which was handed over the doorstep to me by the postman. Yet again, I had forgotten what I had ordered! I tell you, it’s Christmas Day many times through the year in this house. I came upon Jane Maddison’s… Continue reading Jane Maddison Breathers®-20th Apr 2022
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It must be Spring-17th April 2022
My gold leather gardening gloves have turned up in various photos that I have used on this blog before but- TA-DA! New gold leather gardening gloves. A present from my husband for Easter-again-and very welcome they are, too. It is almost as if my gloves have a little timer switch in them that makes them… Continue reading It must be Spring-17th April 2022
New Garden Friends- 11th April 2022
It’s been a while since I last posted here but Spring has arrived and I am in the garden. It is 127 steps from my greenhouse door up to the water tap at the back of the house and back again. So says my Fit Bit. Well, if you have a Fit Bit, surely you… Continue reading New Garden Friends- 11th April 2022
Cleaning our homes-31st Mar 2022
I mentioned not long ago that I was putting off the Spring Cleaning. I was, I did, but I can do so no longer. The Spring light has finally pushed me into action. The problem with me is that, as with most other things I do, my Type A personality needs to do things in… Continue reading Cleaning our homes-31st Mar 2022
Inspiration-26th Mar 2022
This blog has been such an interesting journey for me so far. Because I am looking at my things with a view to capturing something of how I feel about them in a photo, all manner of memories are coming to the surface as I go along. This morning, I was tired. Bone tired. Doing… Continue reading Inspiration-26th Mar 2022
Some days are just like that-23rd Mar 2022
What’s this, I hear you cry? Solitaire? Let me explain…. I guess we all have days when we just feel blah. It all gets on top of us and we just feel a bit washed out and sad. I guess it has been two weeks since I had that sofa day so I suppose I… Continue reading Some days are just like that-23rd Mar 2022
Collecting things-22nd Mar 2022
Collections. Why do we collect things? More specifically, why do we collect numerous examples of the same type of things? How does this start and why do other people in our lives encourage us to entertain such madness in the first place? I was pondering these questions when I took the first photo for yesterday’s… Continue reading Collecting things-22nd Mar 2022
Welcome.
Hello! Thanks for dropping in. Scroll down for the next post in the series. First, I want to tell you that this is a blog for me, an exercise in observing the good things in my life, a place to practice taking and editing my own photos and then a place to just tell little… Continue reading Welcome.
Make or break lighting-21st Mar 2022
It seems appropriate at this Equinox point of the year, when the light is balanced between day and night, to talk a bit about lighting. I mentioned the inglenook fireplace yesterday as a decorating challenge. There really isn’t a lot you can do to change something like this. It is going to dominate the room.… Continue reading Make or break lighting-21st Mar 2022
A rush of blood to the head-20th Mar 2022
Meet “Ting”. This phone came to live with us after we redecorated the dining room last year. Wait. I will back up and tell you the story. Settle in. It’s quite a tale. We have lived in this old house for 22 years now. The dining room is one of two large reception rooms at… Continue reading A rush of blood to the head-20th Mar 2022
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