I loved this idea from Kelli of " There is No Place Like Home ": Post the first sentence of your first blog post of each month. Y...

For Tuesday 30th December A day late, because thanks to the holidays I completely forgot yesterday was Monday. Outside My Window ... a brig...

Time to make that annual stock-take again ... how far did I get with last year's resolutions? And what do I want to aim for this year? F...

On opening her first Christmas present ... "Can I keep it?". Yes sweetheart, that's how it works. On opening the second ... ...

Star is very keen that I should tell you, prominently, that she drew the picture in the header.

1. Carol Singing on Christmas Eve in the High Street. In the evening the Salvation Army and the Rotary Club organise carol singing for the ...

We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year!

... in my online grocery shopping. What I asked for ... What I got ... Pesto with turkey, anyone? In all fairness, I know from experience th...

For Monday 22nd December Outside My Window ... four o'clock and nearly dark. I am thinking ... how glad I will be when the days get lo...

No blogging at the weekend because I was out to dinner - a carvery meal on Friday evening for Tevye's office Christmas celebration, and ...

Inspired by Peppa Pig, Little Cherub wanted to go jumping in muddy puddles with her new flowery wellies. She had a lovely time ... ... until...

-- 1 -- I just re-read Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island in which he takes a quirky and affectionate look at the UK and its inhab...

I've been meaning to do this meme for a while, since I saw it on Dorothy's blog ... and then Alicia's ... and now Karen's ...

For Monday 15th December Outside My Window ... a dark, cold, damp evening. Again. I am thinking ... I should try to do some Christmas craf...

We are gradually getting ready for Christmas. We put the tree up last weekend, and Little Cherub has been enjoying herself stripping the orn...

The top shelf of the next bookcase in the dining room has mostly Bibles. I have a selection of translations that would grace a theology libr...

For Monday 8th December Outside My Window ... thick white frost on the road, but thawing on the grass and trees. I am thinking ... how goo...

Interesting. Thanks to Willa at Sierra Highlands I used this Typealyzer to analyse the personality type of my blog. ESFP - The Performers ...

-- 1 -- Little Cherub outgrew her last pair of miniscule wellies (waterproof rubber boots) so I bought her new pair. A pink, flowery pair. S...

This morning Little Cherub informed me "I've got sneezles", and indeed, like Christopher Robin, we are all suffering from whee...