Bespoke crocheted necklace created for a wedding by Janmary Designs

I love postcards, especially old ones. I have inherited a box of old letters and postcards from my grandparents which make fascinating reading. Since we got our holiday cottage I have been on the look out for old postcards of the local area, and here are a few on display at the cottage. I find…

I could call the post lazy, hazy days of summer – but that wouldn’t be quite correct. We have been busy (with peace camp poetic tents and distressed painted pine bookcases) and the weather has been pretty good with either being fresh and breezy, or amazingly warm – we have even spent a few afternoons…

 Can you guess what this is?  Read on!  I am starting my lessons learned this week with two I forgot to include last week! Exams and results are almost as stressful when being sat by your kids. My daughter may disagree! We were very proud of her results anyway irrespective of who found it more…

Have you ever been met off a long and slightly turbulent flight (with 3 tired kids and some slightly stressed adults) by the loveliest warm welcome and freshly homebaked cookies, fresh fruit, cartons of juice and the keys to her holiday house? And we had never met before? Welcome to the world of house swapping…

For 2013, as well as taking a daily photo on my iphone, I plan to have a weekly series on using your iphone – hence iphone Friday! I will share a few of my images from each week and also include a review of some of my favourite iphone photography apps, and maybe some other…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog