Just one more trip to Canada…

Just one more trip to Canada…

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...
I am not sure I even like chickens…

I am not sure I even like chickens…

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...
Pots & pansies

Pots & pansies

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....
And to Canada again!

And to Canada again!

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...
Probably the best garden in the world…

Probably the best garden in the world…

This may be an extraordinary thing to say but it is rare to be completely bowled over by the design, the planting, the range of plants and simply pristine environment of a garden. Quite often only parts of a garden suit our taste but Butchart garden in Victoria, on...
A visit to a Shaker village

A visit to a Shaker village

I have mentioned before that Bill, my husband, simply loves to travel. A far cry from when we met in 1977, when he did not have a passport and had no intention of leaving the UK. I took him on a trip to Boulogne as a day tripper and, as they say, the rest is history....