Faffing with faded hydrangea

For a long time I have been wanting to paint some of the many pieces of shiny pine we have in our holiday cottage. As we have refurnished rooms at home, the obsolete pine furniture (we were married in the early 90’s – LOTS of pine!) has gradually moved north up to the cottage. Of…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

We are home and (sort of) unpacked after a great 9 days in the Cotswolds and Bristol. So as I sit down to watch the closing cereymony of the London 2012 Olympics here is a wee recap of our week that was. Friday – arrived into Bristol airport, and relived some happy memories as we…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

Well – this should have been my LO for Thursday but something happened with the ‘saving’ of it – and it disappeared into the abyss. So here it is again (well sort of the same). I used mostly the various amazing kits created in memory of Miles. Check out this link https://christinareneedesigns.blogspot.com/ to find out…

Have you been enjoying BooMamas Home Tour and Hooked on Holidays House Tour? I love visiting everyone’s blogs, and there are an amazing number of bloggers joining in. I have been asked about the Christmas crackers in my last post, and I forgot these are not a traditional item around the world. Apparently they are…