Artichoke Flowers
Remember my artichoke plant from the other day? Alas,it has come down in the wind and rain and is horizontal but the flowers look so bonny!The other day, CBC had to go and have some tests done and my...
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It's not often you find a beautiful Monsoon dress that is totally your shape, colour and type of material but Barnardo's Southend came up trumps with this corker for £6 in August. It feels a treat to...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Mummy on the Orient Express flapper dress
Hello there,Today, for TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd go back to a favourite glam Clara look.Here it is:Image borrowed from https://claraoswaldcosplay.com In Mummy on the Orient express, Clara wears...
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I hope you had a lovely weekend.I have had lots of sleep. Both mornings, I have woken up around 10 or 11am which is unusual as I've struggled to sleep in for some months. Both days, CBC went out...
View ArticleStyle Imitating Art- Jazz Stories- 3 for the price of 1!
Evening there,Hope you are well.This evening, for Style Imitating Art, Daenel picked a brilliant piece of artwork, right up my street!Inspiration piece: Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #1:...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Clara's red and black look from The Day of the Doctor
I last wore this popular Clara look on here on March 10th, 2020. What an absolute age ago that seems and that was just before went into Lockdown.Image borrowed from this PinterestShe wears a...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- The return of the 13th Doctor
Hello there,This week for TARDIS Tuesday, I am celebrating the return of Doctor Who with a homage to Jodie Whittaker's Doctor outfit worn in her first episode. I have tried this outfit 3 times now on...
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CBC and I headed off to Northumberland on Sunday afternoon of half term. It was a last minute decision but a happy one.On our first full day in Hexham, I managed to lure CBC into taking a walk with me...
View ArticleHalf term joy - 10 things to be thankful for.
It's the end of half term holiday and I am so thankful to have had this time off. I will never take school holidays for granted. It is a privilege to be able to have these regular holidays though...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Yaz Khan from Flux, episode 1 and Series 13 promo
Hi there,Hope you are well. Today, I am featuring, hot from the first episode of Doctor Who series 13, Yaz Khan's outfit worn in the promo materials as well as this episode.Let's have a look at...
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I shared some of my fungal finds from my walk in Swallowship woods last week and here is the next installment. It really was a fruitful (or fungful?) walk!Here are some crispy examples. I wondered if...
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Watching...The Antiques Roadshow- haven't seen it for ages! Loved seeing it again and the wonderful poet Benjamin Zephaniah was on- WHAT a charming and lovely man he is! I've liked his poems but he was...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday - Yaz Khan in the Series 13 promo!
Greetings Blogglings!Hope you are well. I am feeling much better after a tasty dinner cooked by CBC and some Sewing Bee. Got to admit I felt a bit miserable today. My year 3-4 choir were really hard to...
View ArticleBe the change- eco actions for the person who wants to make small changes to...
Hi there,I have been meaning to write some small actions and things that I find have worked for me to try and make a change in terms of environmental awareness and doing something. Many of the things...
View ArticleHope for the world's despair
This beautiful video was shared as part of our Remembrance Sunday service today at church and I thought it was beautiful.Back in 2018, ten new hymns were written to mark the centenary of Armistice Day...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond in the Time of the Angels
It's been 6 years since I last cosplayed this particular Doctor Who inspired outfit! Is that the longest between one on here? You can see it here, before my posts even the nomenclature of TARDIS...
View ArticleAn exciting Blogger meet up!
I count myself as really lucky that I have been fortunate enough to meet up with quite a few of my blog friends in real life:UK bloggers- Sophie and Hazel, who I've met a few times, Vix, Ellie,...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Arachnids in the UK
This week for TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd revisit an outfit I wore in March 2020, the week before lockdown began. It was Mothering Sunday and CBC and I went to meet my mum for a walk.I thought I'd...
View ArticleHappy things last week
A few lovely things from the past week or so. I've felt really quite sad and gloomy at times this past week but there have been many bright times despite this.1. Tuesday, whilst waiting by the school...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Possibly the most sinister book cover ever!
I love looking back at old posts, particularly from the Golden Age of Blogging (remember when the comments were plentiful and we all had the time to visit everyone's blogs!) .This post was one from my...
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