In this life

Thank you to the kind commentators who wished us well in our medical procedures.  So here's the thing. We were just leaving the house on...

Littlest Granddaughter is now 6 - which is a bit alarming. She had an under-the-sea-themed party - largely so that she and her friends could...

Goodness gracious, how is the world, or at least selected parts of the world, still at war in this day and age? It's scarcely believable...

We've been away for a little holiday. First we went to Norwich, in the south(ish) east of England, where we visited, among other places,...

My lovely bloggy friend Thimbleanna was here briefly with her very nice cousin. Anna is the person responsible for my quilting - I admired h...

I've been to the Botanics twice over the last three days - more than usually - and it's lovely as ever, but getting rather autumnal....

I've been getting on with things: yesterday I dug up some irises that had spread beyond their allotted space, and planted a lupin (I lov...

It's been unusually hot for September and I can't do energetic things in the heat, so there's been a bit of sitting in the garde...

We've had a quiet week: recovering from the visitors and from their departure; changing beds; doing some gentle local walks; putting awa...