Thank you - your kind words, here and by email, both strengthened me and dissolved me to tears - I have had so many hugs from dog walkers wh...

 I have a shirt.  A favourite shirt which I will reach for first nearly every time, it is a perfect partner to jeans and boots. It was a tee...

 Slow stitching, walking miles, talking, gardening.   'She was only a bloody cat '. I miss her. Terribly. All I want her to do is c...

Tuesday saw the passing of a fellow blogger, someone I got to know through art and then over the last three years we chatted, and shared art...

Not all declarations of love are hearts and roses,  sometimes they are quiet thoughts,  quiet words and quiet deeds. Last year, visit...

In less five days, my eldest son who now can legally drive (congratulations my boy - the road is now yours - take it by the throat- but do...

We have had a little rain... Fortunately  - so far - the river,s although almost at breaking point, seem to be containing the water, ho...

In between studying, working, life and well....everything else that happens....  I am trying to knit - to stay sane!  The change in t...

A shift happens for us in the northern hemisphere today - the sun seems to be quietly leaving us for southern skies. There is definitel...

I am sitting alone (with you) while the rest watch ' Gravity ' the film. It seems to have been a long week since I last posted. ...

I have written (in my head) at least three posts, only when I start typing - the words fail to come to life. At the moment thoughts do not...

Today our dear little stinky dog aka Giddy Dog and latterly Geriatric Dog - Cleggy was put to sleep. She suffered a stroke and very quickl...