Doesn't look very much like August does it? Fortunately it was milder than it looks and the boys really didn't seem to mind, they were happy to dig in the sand with their friends. I was happy to sit and watch them and chat to my friend Jo. {I should probably clarify that I have several friends called Jo, that... Read more →

Tonight I am feeling content. I took my sewing machine over to my parents house today and made a camouflage interior for the treehouse. It's got camouflage panels on the two sides and black netting on the back and front. Callum now wants me to make him a camouflage costume "like the ones they wear in the battle of Endor"... Read more →

WINDSCREENS - the saga of my Beetles dodgy windscreen wipers, a new wiper motor and an unexpected cracked windscreen (the windscreen has now been replaced by the garage under their insurance). WET DAY - We were supposed to go to the beach with friends on Tusday, but it rained and as my car was still away at the garage we... Read more →

Last week we holidayed in Cornwall sharing a cottage near Looe with Jeff's parents and brother, as we had done in 2009. We had a lovely time despite the almost daily drizzle, even more drizzle than the year before. We visited... Looe in the drizzle on the Sunday - Banjo Pier and looking at the huge tractor in the Lifeboat... Read more →