When I was a little girl, not long after WWII (Eeeek!), food was not plentiful.  It was rationed and you had to use coupons to buy it.  Once the coupons for a particular food were used up, you could buy no more of that food until the next book was issued.  There was a ‘Black [...]

Just a few Autumn photos I took last week.  We were collecting conkers again.  If you look closely you can see some that we couldn’t reach.
You can click to enlarge them a bit,  for better quality.

I hope to be back blogging very soon.

This post is in memory of our beautiful niece Sindie, who passed away this evening at 39 years of age.
Our lives will never be the same.

Sindie and her brother, having just finished the Pink Ribbon walk.

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This is what a friend wrote about Sindie yesterday – It says it all.
“Sindie is a remarkable woman. Always positive [...]

Remember our invasion of the shrooms?
They came back a couple of months ago but the weather was too hot and they shrivelled up within a day.  I was a bit disappointed because they look quite nice in the garden.  Well they’re back again!  You can’t keep a good shroom down!

Though you can’t see in the [...]

I just need to set the scene for you here.
My computer sits in the corner of the room, I sit facing the wall, with my back to the kitchen door, which is about 7ft away.  We have a very dark carpet and when Mo goes up she turns off all the lamps, leaving only one [...]

I promised you I’d get the camera next time there was an accident in our house didn’t I?  Well I am true to my word – this time.
I was sitting at my computer the other evening, and I heard a strange noise.  I didn’t take much notice as there are always strange noises coming from [...]