We seem to have gone from crisp autumn days to a winter wonderland in only a couple of days. The temperatures are well below freezing and there is a thin coating of  snow glistening on the sloping windows of my workroom. More snow is forecast for later in the week and I’ve been ransacking drawers […]

I can’t believe how early everyone is decorating for Christmas this year. In early November my supermarket was bedecked and full of Christmas decorations, Christmas chocolates, candles and everything else under the sun wrapped in Christmas packaging. Driving through the village in the dark this evening I could hardly believe my eyes – every second […]

More snow today. I walked to the school for my piano lesson this morning in the first blizzard of the year. The snow is forecast to carry on all week, but it won’t stay long. It’s too early for that – at least in the lowlands. The ski resorts are happy though and a lot […]

As I am sewing-machineless at the moment and a bit frazzled after a weekend of teenagers at other than their best behaviour, I’ve been snatching some hand-quilting time this morning. I say snatching, because there really are a zillion other things that I should be doing. That said, I need some calm in my life […]

On Mondays I am always super-productive. Without even trying I work wonders and almost always achieve more than I set out to do. On Fridays it is inevitably the opposite. However hard I try, I can pretty much write off Fridays. Apart from a a nice run in the morning, I don’t seem to get […]