On Thursday - the only day we all had time spare - we baked our marathon-relay-tag-team gingerbread festive biscuits. Making sure we had eno...

During the first weekend of December we gathered around newspaper covered tables and we crafted many wreaths.  For ourselves, for friends, f...

 Thank you. I have been greatly touched by your comments about my tentative return - I was not only surprised by it's sudden return to m...

 There are rituals around this time of the year that call to me. This particular one - the village card delivery walk - has so many precious...

There's been snow over night - a soft wet slush and the garden is full of the sound of rain dripping and sloppy snow dropping off the tr...

A chilly walk to deliver the last of the village cards. The lighting of the Swedish Angel chimes and cooling of the yule cake  Finishing off...

Idly, a few nights ago, I came across a rather beautifully (probably professionally) gingerbread 'wreath' covered in iced gingerbrea...

It could be said that 2021 has been quite a ride - a complete sea change in fact. It was incredibly difficult to choose a photo a month so, ...