Happy New Year reader! Well, I have been neglecting this blog since January 2022, haven't I? You could make a very reasonable argument...

I managed half an hour today tidying the garden. Plenty more to do, but that will be next weekend.... an apple tree to prune in a 'kill...

Yesterday, in the Memorial Hall, was the United Churches Christmas Fayre. I’d never been before, but my friend Anne, who lives nearby and...

So, tidying up the garden for winter started yesterday rather than last weekend, with the delay being procrastination as much as...

A couple of years back I bought a 2lb loaf tin, and some liners from our local Poundland. I can’t recall if it cost £1 or £2 for the loaf...

I mentioned in a previous post that I have a nineteen sixties copy of the seminal Mrs Beeton’s book of cookery and household management....

So, we’ve come around to the final weekend in October, the end of British Summer Time (BST). It’s time to tidy up and shut down my small...

This time of year, and as nights draw in and the wood burner stops being a redundant lump of iron and starts to be the life and soul of...

Dear Reader, Welcome to my first ever attempt at a blog! I’m not sure what got you here-a Google algorithm or maybe simple curiosity, but...