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Do excuse the dreadful puns, but my cautionary ‘tail’ has a serious note. My #3 daughter’s cat has just returned after being missing for almost a week. My daughter was distraught; there are coyotes in the woods not far from … Continue reading →

The modern idiom for talking about the past! I was thinking recently about when “in the day” I would walk up this staircase at 8.20a.m. every morning in order to be at my desk by 8.30a.m. with the typewriter cover … Continue reading →

Both in post and make with this one. The blouse itself is just a good old standby, short sleeved cotton blouse. The sort that is always a good Summer time staple, quick to make and economic in fabric and a handy go-get to … Continue reading →

Have you ever had one of those days that started out brilliantly only to watch it go slowly down the pan? The kind of day that has you thinking that everything is going your way only to find that it’s … Continue reading →

When the sun shines, – garden pictures of course. Today is really a glorious, hot and muggy day with the sun shining and after being rained on with hail stones, no less, just 48 hours ago, the garden has now recovered … Continue reading →

Bear with me, this is a long post, sorry! I don’t usually post ‘in progress’ pictures, mainly because I forget to take them and also because I rather wonder who would be interested. BUT contrary as ever, I do like to see … Continue reading →

My trip to Reading was tiring but given the list I took my purchases were extremely modest. I bought 2.6m of this lovely rust colour wool;  This is for a jacket. I have an almost vintage O.O.P. Vogue pattern of a … Continue reading →

   for not so small mercies. Seriously, my garden is under water, but I am so lucky compared with so many others. This is the best bit, the one corner of my garden, nearest the house. The bottom part is much … Continue reading →

Directly after reading ‘Jude the Obscure’. I should know by now that Thomas Hardy does not brighten my day! However I have to say that the doom and gloom I felt when I first read ‘Jude’, which hung around for … Continue reading →