It was such a beautiful day last Saturday that it seemed perfect to take my friend on a boat trip along the rivers of Canterbury. I’d taken this tour before and it was interesting to see the sights again and hear about the different places. This is a pilgrim’s hospital which I pass by on [...]
“In the door Pick up a jacket Out the door and off you go” is how a Norwegian friend described knitting with two hands to me so I’ve been giving it a try this weekend. I didn’t like it very much when I tried it by myself but with my friend’s patient tuition, I started [...]
I do love my sewing basket but not as much as I love finding Sirius in my sewing basket.
We’d been meaning to make a trip to Rye for a while. It is a place which we like nipping down to as there is a very good fish and chip shop there which sells a very tasty skate and chips. The sun was shining all lovely and warm and we took a walk with [...]
We had a visitor on Thursday and took her for a trip to Whitstable. It was the most idyllic day – the sun was shining – not too hot and there was no breeze so it was just right. The sea was blue. We were able to sit outside and eat fresh fish sandwiches from [...]
I went to the Country Living Fair a couple of weeks ago and it was lovely. We were ushered through a different entrance than we had been through before but were treated to a lovely view of the stained glass window of the Business Design Centre. (Yes, I am aware of the irony of visiting [...]
Sirius is a very attentive under gardener who likes to watch from his perch. He isn’t content to look from afar and got straight down and checked out the self-watering troughs which will hold miniature carrots to make sure I had just the right amount of water in the bottom. He was very interested in [...]
I was given five purple sprouting broccoli plants last year by some friends and thanks to the good advice at The Cottage Gardener’s blog I didn’t hoik the plants out in the autumn and waited patiently for these gorgeous purple taste sensations. I was given five plants – two didn’t make it due to pigeons [...]
Happy Easter to you all! We received a box of 50 (yes, 50) Easter eggs. Lucky us. I like to decorate the house a little bit for Easter. I like to cut a few branches with buds ready to burst forth with greenery to hang my ornaments. I’ve had these a year or two. I [...]