Well I am pleased to announce Wren Bay, the story of making a home, is ready for purchase. I have posted the back cover to read (right click and open in a new window to make readable page) and the table of contents listing all the recipes. Some are some from my blog but there are 23 new recipe...

I feel quite guilty about knitting when the sun is shining and the garden beckons but last week I picked up my needles and, inspired by the little bunnies hopping around our plot, I produced Rowena Rabbit who has become my trusted sewing and knitting companion. You'll find a pattern for her in m...

Since last I posted on Flutterby Patch our garden has sprung into life and everywhere is a blaze of colour Rhododendrons and azaleas are in full bloom and there has been (and still is) much work to do. These old stone steps wind their way down from the lawn to the very bottom of the garden a...

Gosh ladies, thank you for the overwhelming support of Wren Bay. I feels so love !!! I hope you love Wren as much as I do. I will share more soon. I have been good for a while and not bought anything for my home. I have soo much already and I am trying to be happy with what I have. BUT when ...

The girls and I spent today making our yearly Chocolate Cherry Fruitcakes and thought you readers might like the reminder it is fruitcake time. For those of you who are not big fruitcake lovers, you will love this one. It does not have a lot of the candied fruit and is very moist. If you havi...

Once a week Chloe and Angie's daughter have a play date. Which I love because Angie is an amazing cook and always feeds me soooo well. But I like to bring her something yummy too. I wanted to do something with the long-pie pumpkins Angie grew for me and I had roasted. I decided to make roa...

A note for me: I am just going to add this to my post. David was in a motorcycle accident yesterday on his way home from work. He is okay. He shattered his right collarbone, dislocated a finger on his left hand and really bruised his ribs. But we are very grateful because it could have been ...

Auberne` (you should check out her starwars "I got milk" posters !!!) and I decided to dress up when taking Chloe downtown to trick or treat. I usually wear the same costume, "grumpy-mom-mad-at-hubby-because-he-is-always-working-on-halloween-and-I-would-rather-be-snuggled-up-in-bed-with-a-ne...

Well folks, it's been a busy old week with one thing and another. Just doing this and that and not really achieving anything in particular. Sunday was a frustrating knitting day. I seemed to spend more time pulling back than actually knitting. Monday I braved torrential rain and went shoppi...

Gone are the vibrant shades of summer and the landscape is now all aglow with russets and golds....well almost! Outside our front door we have this glorious little rowan tree whose delicate branches are weighed down by these gorgeous berries resembling shiny pink pearls. It has been wearing i...

It's a lovely autumnal afternoon. Skies are a little overcast but the weather's fine and so I thought we'd visit the village of Cartmel in my county of Cumbria (north west England) and take a little walk around the old streets. Cartmel is dominated by the ancient Priory which was built by Augu...