Always look on the bright side…
Happy New Year! Wishing all my friends and guests an excellent year ahead. We have had a busy time throughout the festivities with some lovely guests and not so lovely! It’s a popular time for those who want to catch…
6 Weeks to Christmas
This autumn feels like it has gone in the blink of an eye, after such a long, hot summer which extended well into October. I got a bit of a shock when I looked at my diary and saw that…
Birds Galore
This Christmas I asked close friends to buy me something for the garden. The reason being is that it’s something I look out onto every day, I spend many evenings in the summer sitting outside with a glass of something…
THREE Generations
I was having a natter with my lovely window cleaner Daniel this week asking him what he was doing for Christmas – he was explaining that he and his girlfriend had only just moved in with one another – and…
A BIG Thank You to My Much Beloved Dogs
To my dogs who have welcomed my guests all year and brought a smile to their faces a big thank you. Dogs have always been part of my life for over 50 years. I remember as a 13-year-old bringing home…
24 Days to Christmas!!!
I have decided to pace myself this year by sorting out certain bits and pieces before the madness that descends during the final run-up to Christmas. We started making chutneys, jams, marmalades, liqueurs, mincemeat and of course, the Christmas cakes…
49 Days till Christmas
I have been in and out of the supermarkets over the past 2 weeks stocking up on the produce to make the Christmas cakes, mincemeat, and flavoured liquors! To my surprise, Tesco’s did not have any mixed peel or glace…
Homemade, Handmade
T’is the month that I start to make enough chutney, jams and marmalades and rum rich fruit cakes to last me to Christmas and beyond. October is the month that I start to spread the cost of Christmas over the…
Tuesday 5th January
Christmas was a lovely family affair, leisurely meals, long walks with the dogs on Tooting Bec Common and a glowing fire in the evenings. We had some lovely couples staying with us who shopped until they dropped, grabbing bargains in…
Tuesday 22nd December
Well, for the first time in a decade I have been empty for nearly two weeks - never one to dwell on it for too long, I have taken the opportunity to start writing my book! 23 years of having guests…
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