A Tudor banquet In December, my hubby and I are attending a Tudor banquet hosted by the National Trust at Trerice, one of their properties in Cornwall. We thought this would be an enjoyable experience despite quite a long drive down to the south west of Cornwall! He booked it in advance, and…
Today the weather was quite appalling, with torrential rain and a gale. We had booked to go to Collaton Fishacre, a National Trust property near us, where there was to be a talk on the Art Deco contents of the house, with particular reference to the Lalique glass, which I am particularly interested…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? My main desk remains neglected and collecting junk. One day, one day... On the table by the sink, my "wet" desk, however, I'm glad to say I've made some progress on the teabag front. Stamping teabags with acrylic paint As suggested on a website I visited, I…
To begin with, this was my meal prepping last week, which I didn't manage to upload. Allotment Cottage Pie I made Jamie Oliver's Allotment Cottage Pie, which is a brilliant recipe - full of goodness and flavour, and another of those great recipes that you can bung in whatever you happen to have.…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Sorry I didn't make it onto WOYWW last week. I've had a bad week with my ME, and was quite poorly with a cold, and I had hoped to have my slippers completed but didn't manage it. However, in between, I've been quite busy and have made…
At last I have finished my embroidered felt slippers. This post is a complete account of the project from start to finish. Each stage has been covered in previous posts on this blog. I bought these slippers in Totnes at the end of March. I fell in love with them and just had…
It was a lovely sunny afternoon so my hubby suggested we go out for a bit, taking the Trekinetic with us - I haven't used it very much lately, because whenever my hubby has been free to take me out (and he's been so busy lately that that hasn't been often), I have…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal on mine... but I have been busy away from my desk. I've been feeling pretty rough with a cold which started over the weekend, and since I didn't feel much like doing anything else, I spent the time on the recliner cuddling up…
My usual grocery delivery arrived this morning, and as before, I had not ordered quite so much. The freezer is full to bursting at the moment and I have to keep rearranging things in order to make room for the continuous tidal wave of apples from our tree, which is producing a bumper…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A bit of a mixed bag this week! I have managed to do a bit of tidying in my studio. I've been doing some more experimenting with the bleaching of the teabags, sewn some more teabags, and made further progress on my slippers. I've had some problems…
