September, and a new school year is just beginning. Of course it's many years since I was in the classroom but there's something abo...

Three weeks ago I showed you pieces of my Liberty Tana Lawn and said I hoped to put some of it to good use. After an enforced break due to ...

Mid August in the English Lake District and this year rain clouds have never been far away. But today we had sunny blue skies which gave us ...

Merrily Ann (our Raggedy Ann style dolly) has been unwell this week. She and several others (myself included) have succumbed to a nasty col...

Thankfully the sun has been shining on the London Olympics but here in the mountainous north west of England the clouds and rain remained un...