What do I do with it?
I hate to seem ungrateful but occasionally you receive a present you just do not know what to do with.A child in year 4 told me she had made something for me. It was after another child had given me...
View ArticleThe 14 days of Christmas- a holiday view
This post is definitely overdue but for some reason I kept forgetting or putting up publishing or writing it. I decided during the Christmas holiday to try and take one or two pictures each day of the...
View ArticlePhoto an hour 19th January
It's rare that I remember to join in with the Photo an Hour challenge- either here OR on Instagram. This morning, when I headed downstairs at 10.30am, I looked at Instagram and saw Hazel had posted...
View ArticleFruit Sculpture (#The January Challenge)
I alluded to the @64Millionartists' January Challenge yesterday in my Photo An hour post yesterday, posting my new meaning for 'Wedding' (pronounced Wee-duh-ding!) I thought I'd share a bit about 64...
View ArticleWord Play- alternative words
In my recent Photo An Hour post, I shared my alternative meaning for Wedding as part of the 64 Million Artists January Challenge.Wee-duh-dingIn retrospect, this was obscure and a bit rubbish so I...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday - Clara from Flatline
Today's TARDIS Tuesday is one I was wearing back in March 2018 on the blog for TARDIS Tuesday and it was better back then than it is today but since I wanted to prepare a TARDIS Tuesday quickly at the...
View Article10 things to be thankful for
Ah, it's good to ponder upon and remember things which make life bearable, especially in Blue January, the bleak time in the cold wastes of Winter!1. I've had two weekends with few plans- I was tired,...
View ArticleDon't be afraid to do the right thing, even if it makes you unpopular
Just a thought for the day. Someone was doing something today that I knew to be wrong. But that individual tends to be a bit snarky and snappy if you try to correct them on it and quite often does...
View Article11 more World book day ideas for 2019
I shared my usual blog post of ideas for costumes for World Book day on the 4th March but have been thinking of a few new ideas to contribute to it this year.The Oxford Concise dictionary:If you have a...
View ArticleEverything's coming up Roses.
It seems ages since I have done a non-TARDIS Tuesday outfit post and yet it is only 10 days!It's funny how an outfit can come together through one element. In this case, a pair of earrings.I was given...
View ArticleAn interesting Veggie Breakfast/Brunch
Greetings on this Sunday! I hope you are well and have had a restful weekend. I would definitely not describe mine as restful but wonderfully full of music, food and good company.You may know that I...
View Article#The January Challenge Day 25- Draw with your drawers
I shared 2 of the creative challenges from @64millionartists' January Challenge. The aim of these challenges is to promote/provoke creativity. I think this is a great thing for January.View this post...
View ArticleTARDIS Tuesday- Rocking a Red dress- Oswin Oswald
Today's TARDIS Tuesday is an exciting one for me! For it was the first episode that we ever met my favourite character Clara. Except she wasn't Clara then...No, back in series 7 when the Doctor was...
View ArticleSome less common instruments
I spend my life at school wishing that children could distinguish between the sound of instruments more and wishing the answer "Piano" didn't seem to come up any time we listen to and try to identify...
View Article5 brooches and friends #70
It seems an age since I have shared a brooch post or a jewellery post. I used to do this quite frequently! I thought I'd share 5 pics of a few brooches and items of jewellery I've been wearing.Let's...
View ArticleSecret January Blog Challenge
Hi there,Hope you are well.You may have noticed that I was rather prolific in my January posting...or perhaps not?Well, I set myself a secret challenge to try and blog every day in January. I didn't...
View ArticlePlasters
Sophie prompted this post with a small comparison she made about fungus on a tree being like scabs on her post about a walk here. And then it made me think back to those primary school years:Oh how...
View ArticleJanuary Books
In January, I read 6 books. Not a huge start for the year but somehow, life has been rather busy!Let's hear about them then.1. The Oaken Throne - The Deptford Histories Robin JarvisI've been working...
View Article5 brooches #71
Hi there,Hope you are well.I've worn (and remembered to photograph!) a few brooches this week so I thought I'd share them. There aren't exactly 5- there seem to be 6 but never find- the post title...
View ArticleWaste difficulties
From last Summer.I've alluded to my wanting to avoid as much waste as I can, particularly of the plastic type. This, in some ways, is going very well- I've become a lot more organised in preparing for...
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