I haven’t posted anything for quite some time and I wouldn’t surprised if all my readers have abandoned the silent ship. You see, quite a lot has happened in the last few months and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling a little bit nervous about returning to the blogosphere.  First up we […]

I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Persia having first become captivated by this part of the Middle East (now modern day Iran) when I was at school studying Ancient History for A-Level.  At the time, I was the only person to choose the subject so – all credit to the school – […]

After searching for a sweet little summer bonnet for my bonny baby I decided I might as well just try and make one.  After a disastrous first attempt where it turned out large enough to fit my enormous head, my second version seems to do the job even if she does look a little but […]

So in just over a week’s time I’m going to be back at work and so it’s time to get my arse into gear and get organised therefore, of course, the PERFECT excuse to buy a new diary. After some squirreling around on the internet, I soon realised that it’s actually quite difficult to find […]

So yet again, here I am apologising for the complete radio silence but what can I say, babies are all consuming creatures and our one is particularly gloriously distracting. Right now, she’s  sitting on the floor sticking her little pot belly tummy out and grabbing fistfuls of Margot the dachshund’s fur (curiously Margot doesn’t seem […]

So this weekend, I got recipe testing for something to bake for our friends’ wedding party next month. The challenge is to come with something that I can make in vast quantities (we’re talking about 170 guests) that I can make in someone else’s kitchen (as our kitchen will currently be a building site) which […]

I apologise for posting yet another piece revolving around Liberty fabric. I am, it has to be said, rather obsessed and probably need to rein it in… The trouble is that the little face just looks too sweet in the ditsy floral prints so I can’t help myself. Here are a couple of pictures of […]

Unlike my sister and quite a few friends I am not a great knitter, learning a new stitch or technique takes time and always having to stop and start means I spend far too much time trying to work out where I left off hence the various half finished projects in cotton bags languishing around […]

So this weekend, I got recipe testing for something to bake for our friends’ wedding party next month. The challenge is to come with something that I can make in vast quantities (we’re talking about 170 guests) that I can make in someone else’s kitchen (as our kitchen will currently be a building site) which […]

After searching for a sweet little summer bonnet for my bonny baby I decided I might as well just try and make one.  After a disastrous first attempt where it turned out large enough to fit my enormous head, my second version seems to do the job even if she does look a little but […]