Outside my window ... four degrees (40F), wet and miserable. I'll be glad to see the back of February. I am thinking ... how nice ...

1. I have been feeling so sad all week for the people of Christchurch, New Zealand, as they deal with the terrible effects of this week...

I have been meaning for a while to join Ginny's Yarn Along , which has been popping up at various blogs I read. These are the instructio...

Outside my window ... it has been a thoroughly miserable cold, wet, muddy  February day.   I am thinking ... it is time to get back into...

Outside my window ... it has been raining overnight (again), but looks quite nice this morning. We have been getting alternating rain and...

A few days ago Jenn at Conversion Diary asked " what is the religious climate in your country? ". I found the answers fascinating...

Playing Categories in the car today, Cherub asked Grandma to think of "a fruit that begins with T ... something that the big girls like...

I meant to report back on my visit to the Sounds Write open morning at Cherub's school last week, but time ran away with me ... catching...

Outside my window ... a day of two halves: overcast, cold and windy this morning; bright and breezy this afternoon. I am thinking ... mo...

Starting out on another Day Zero Project challenge - take photos of 101 things that make me happy. Here are the first three: 1. My new wo...

In a piece of bloggy serendipity I was scrolling through my Google Reader feeds last week and jumped straight from Linds who was finding thi...

Outside My Window ... blue skies and a briskly col d day after a deep frost last night.   I am thinking   ... about various things I want...

I am in the mood for a random meme to get myself back in the habit of posting again, and I spotted this one at What's Happening At My Ho...

How cool is that! The introduction to Lord of the Rings ends with a section titled 'Note on the Shire Records'. I particularly lik...

Outside My Window   ... another damp and chilly January evening. I am thinking   ... of nothing more taxing than this blog post. I've ...

1. The photo in my header was taken in the Lake District last February, looking across a rooftop in Grasmere (home of William Wordsworth) to...

Cherub's topic at school for this half term is space and the solar system, so we have been looking at space stuff at home. We just disco...

Outside My Window   ... a wet January evening, following a (very) wet January day. Cherub is the only person who doesn't mind the weathe...

Cherub was given The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush and Korky Paul as one of her Bookstart books. I didn't realise until a trip to t...

Outside My Window ... January. Cold, grey and damp. As the week goes on it is supposed to change to warmer, grey and damp. I am thinking ...