It’s very, very hot here and that means that my kitchen – thanks to the ever-warm AGA – has turned into a sauna and is to be avoided at all costs. We’re living on cold meats, cheeses and salads, together with very good Swiss bread….and leftovers of this… Paella leftovers are the best leftovers ever. […]

Having been very virtuous and finishing all my outstanding knitting projects, I’ve started a new one. This is Soay by Gudrun Johnston a.k.a. The Shetland Trader. I’ve been eyeing this pattern for a good while after being alerted to its delights by Mel, who was wearing a very natty orange version when I saw her […]

Wouldn’t you know. School goes back on Monday and summer has finally decided to arrive in Switzerland. Today we are somewhere over 30 degrees and by the middle of next week it is supposed to be 33. I know that to those of you living in the deep South this is peanuts, but factor in […]

I’m sure you’ll all be very pleased to know after yesterday morning’s overachievements that I’m not wonderwoman after all. I didn’t get anywhere near all the stuff done that I’d unrealistically planned – surprise! I did take daughter no. 2 for her test results though – and she had make huge improvements and the therapist […]

Today I seem to be having the sort of day when I make great strides with seemingly almost no effort whatsoever. Jobs that I’ve been dreading seem to get done in a trice and although it’s only lunchtime, I’m quite taken aback at what I’ve managed to achieve so far. I’m kind of in shock […]