Hello everyone I’ve been away! And I also had a bit of a break from the blog – apologies! But it was so good to return to an old but favourite haunt – Suffolk! For those of you living outside the UK, Suffolk is part of the rounded bit on
Wow, it was hot on Saturday. Over several days we’ve finally had quite warm (for the UK) temperatures. So I got out my summer dresses and actually wore them. And believe me, it has to be warm for me to bare my arms and go around without a cardi! There
Hi everyone Sometimes it does seem that the world around us is going to hell in a handcart: our political system is riven with dissent (talking about the UK here), our politicians don’t seem to match up to the standards of the past (ditto) and our environment is ruined by
Hello And a big thank you for the thoughtful comments on my last post, which looked at climate change. I think it’s critically important that we don’t get too depressed about the situation. While there are huge issues to tackle (constant growth, transport including the car and flights, the use
There’s a post on climate change that I’ve been writing on and off for several weeks, but it’s not ready and maybe never will. It’s quite long but just doesn’t read right. Several things prompted my attempt. First, it was Sir David Attenborough’s documentary, Climate Change: The Facts, which was excellent
Hello everyone And thank you for the comments re: MrF and the concern you showed. His follow-up clinic was briskly reassuring and we move on from there. Meanwhile, having at the time been Mrs Competence personified 24 hours later I crashed and didn’t sleep well for several days. I too
Hello again And a big thank you to all of you who commented on my last post, which seemed to generate quite a lot of interest. Btw, I miscounted. I have 12 pairs of shoes rather than 11! So, having said that one of the reasons for the low number
Hello everyone I see someone suggested I wear better shoes but here’s the thing, I’m not disagreeing, as I’m always on the lookout for shoes, but never seem to buy any. About a month ago I had a whole shop floor of shoes surrounding me whilst looking for a blue
Gail of Is This Mutton has already said that one of the best things about blogging is meeting fellow fashion bloggers and she is so right. Yes, it was last Saturday when we met to look at the Mary Quant exhibition, but we also spent much of the time talking
My newspaper has asked its readers the above question: what is the oldest item of clothing you have in your wardrobe? I read that article in bed early in the morning, and over my pyjamas I was wearing a long cardigan that I treat as my bed jacket. It is