I do so love tulips and this week they are looking their best.  There are reds and yellows,   top L - unknown double, top R Golden Arti...

It's official, spring is late! How do I know? Well Facebook very kindly showed me this photo yesterday, taken exactly a year ago, with t...

After a day of cleaning and gardening at my parents' yesterday I took a little detour on the way home and went to Castle Acre. The ...

Back in April I bought a little, tatty, unloved footstool from eBay for £15.98.  I'd been looking at new ones and they were all either: ...

Question - what is the connection between Mr and Mrs Andrews, a military orchid and a zeppelin raid in Suffolk? Don't know? No nor did I...

It's been a truly gorgeous spring weekend here, an unusually quiet one on the social front (apart from a visit to the theatre later toni...

During last summer I decided I wanted to revamp my bathroom.  It was a nice bathroom, the suite was new when I moved in, and I liked the dec...