Midweek Inspiration:Lost Art of Letter Writing

I got to thinking about letter writing a few weeks’ ago when I returned from a weekend in Gloucestershire.  I had taken my host some wine that I know they enjoy, but my hostess deserved better than a bunch of flowers or a box of luxury chocolates. There was nothing for it but to write a proper [...]

Target Tuesday: Ferrari Day

If you’re new to Target Tuesdays: Read about Target Tuesday here. Do you fancy living a dream and doing something amazing? One way to go about it, is to club together with a group of friends or work colleagues and book yourself on a team or corporate event. There’s many activities you could do from rock [...]

Getting to know you:What’s your blogging story?

Following on from last week’s Getting to know you post, this week I thought it would be great to share our blogging stories; after seeing these nine questions on John Connell’s blog.  If you want to join in, copy the questions below and post a link back to this blog post and add a comment to [...]

Move-It Monday:Eat your way to health

I’ve been reading a fantastic book called “The Healing Power of Nature Foods – 50 revitalising superfoods and lifestyle choices to promote vibrant health” by Susan Smith Jones. Get your Move-It Monday off to a great start with these age-defying, cancer-busting, heart strengthening superfoods that I’ve read about in the book. Parsnips Parsnips have nutritional [...]

Sunday Book Club: Secrets

Happy Sunday Everyone, if you have the chance, grab a book and join us at the Woolly Wotnots online book club for a chat. If you’re short of ideas – there are four recommendations every month at the Woollywotnots Book Club or you can look at Woollywotnots Book shelf. This week, I read Secrets by Freya [...]

Colour Sudoku Team Game

Hi Everyone, Saturdays are great for plenty of craftiness! Share what crafty ideas you’ve been working on this week and link to this post. You can use the Craft Saturday button at the top of this post to display on your blog. This week, I’ve been making robots and busy making a new team game for [...]

Pink Friday:Pink Love

Pink Friday is about commemorating an important cause. The pink awareness ribbon represents breast cancer. If you have pink or stories to share, please post a link in the comments, so we can come and visit! Ladies, don’t forget to check and if you are reading this and can spare £2, please donate This week, I’m sharing [...]

Dinner at the 3 Fishes

We enjoyed a delicious dinner at a country pub in Lancashire in the Ribble Valley, at the Three Fishes in Mitton, near Whalley. I really like the Three Fishes because the food is sourced locally and there is information about all the farmers and growers involved: There’s also a beer menu, as well as, a [...]

My Creative Space:Lego

I’m hosting a team building workshop today and we are playing lego! We’ve all got Mindstorms kits to build and program robots and it is great fun!          

Lost Frog and Toads

It gave me the fright of my life when I was moving around some seedling trays and found a big fat toad! I carefully put it back in its hiding place. I guessed it may be pregnant because it was hiding away. Sure enough, today I find the toad out and about with two little babies [...]