One of our favourite things to do together at the weekends is look round antique/junk shops in the hope of finding that elusive bargain. I think my biggest find to date was my green men chairs but I always like to have a look at the other beautiful things that are for sale. Hungerford is Read more about Exploring Hungerford and a Bedouin tent[…]
My mum has been staying with us for a few days so we thought while she was up here it was probably time that she and Jam’s mum met each other (the dads were ruled out as Jam’s was busy and mine was boring and stayed at home). Jam’s mum drove to ours and was Read more about Mum’s the word[…]
Whether its the effect of the lovely weather we have been enjoying this week, or the fact that work are just about to publish a recipe book to which I contributed a Spanish recipe (if your interested its an adaption of the Roscón de Reyes/three kings cake which I tasted a few years ago at Read more about In a continental mood[…]
A while ago while browsing the fantastic Masons fabric shop. I came across this fantastic remnant. Sometimes when I pick up a remnant I know immediately what I want to make out of it, with this I wasn’t sure I just knew I had to have it! A chain or strange events then followed. I Read more about The make in my head[…]
As part of the literature festival Hogwarts (or as it is in real life Christchurch College) threw open its doors for families to enjoy its glorious surroundings. As I am Harry Potter mad I couldn’t pass up this opportunity so gathered up some family, (mine are ginned up enjoying the good life in Torquay (which Read more about Lunch at Hogwarts[…]
So tonight we gathered to have the official send off (from single life) to my friend Lea. The wedding isn’t until late April but Lea very sensibly decided to have the drinking lots and dancing part a whiole before. The girls went to a burleque dance workshop during the afternoon (sadly I couldn’t join them Read more about Lea’s hen do[…]
So this weekend myself and his Jammyness headed to Hailing Island to see my auntie Yvonne. Auntie Yvone has always lived on hailing Island, but I haven’t visited since I was little (my lasting memory of the place was that there was a cracking pet shop around the corner from Auntie Yvonnes house with a Read more about All Hail Hailing Island[…]
So today was my birthday and as well as being lucky enough to be taken to the Red House this is what else I received (lovely presents). This scarf was from my mum, you can’t see it on the photo but the edges of the cotton are actually raw. I wore it to Red House Read more about birthday presents[…]
The last couple of weekends have seen us lending some serious brawn to help with housebuilding and quite a bit of time travelling first to go and see some old friends from work, then we drove to visit Jam’s grandparents in Cardiff (on what was possibly the hottest day of the year so far). Added Read more about a weekend of rest[…]
This year for halloween I got invited to my friends Alice & T’s halloween party with a difference. Instead of the usual slightly lame fake gore they had picked the theme of woodland animals, the invitations were issued by Alice who as well as being a sucessful publishing type (working for one of our competitors Read more about Halloween with T and Alice[…]