Earlier this year I had a surprise invitation to join fellow stitchers on a trip to Nantes to attend the Pour l’Amour du Fil stitching fair. (I had originally been planning to host a trip with Arena Travel, but the trip was cancelled by Arena because of lack of...
I can easily see myself settling down in that armchair! I have to admit to having been fairly ignorant about the Bloomsbury Group. The fact that I have bought four lamps from Bloomsbury Revisited was unconnected with the history of this Bohemian set of people until my...
One of so many light houses! I have been teased by many of you when we meet at shows or other events that I do like to travel, and we are hardly ever at home! I am not going to apologise, but it is true that we love to travel. I have mentioned before that Bill did not...
The mosaic that stands above the sideboard in the kitchen. I seem to have a chicken collection. This started by accident when my daughter Louise bought me a beautiful painted bird for my birthday about 10 years ago to sit in our newly fitted kitchen. Since then, the...
I have just been explaining in writing how to stitch a pretty little pansy design to the members of The Cross Stitch Guild (we send a magazine to members five times a year full of cross stitch patterns). I get to do the designing, so I get to choose what I stitch....
Setting off from Vancouver for our journey to Alaska There has been a certain amount of déjà vu writing these words as, at last, I am going to tell you about our visit to Canada last September. This time I did manage to board our ship for Alaska! For those of you who...
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