My photo book of our Venice Trip last July has arrived – happy memories of a beautiful city (only took 7 months to get around to making it!)

Before blogging introduced me to others Christmas traditions around the world, I hadn’t really appreciated that Christmas crackers weren’t gracing everyone’s table on Christmas Day! I think they have reached the shores of Canada and Australia and other Commonwealth countries, but if you are reading this from another corner of the world, do let me…

On Wednesday evenings a group from our church meet in our house, and we always start with coffee/tea and biscuits while we chat and wait for everyone to arrive. However one member loves hot water with a slice of lemon, and on Wednesday mornings I always think to myself Wednesday = Lemon-day. So Tom, my…