Christmas in Retail

I can’t tell if I’m still dreamingWas that Santa's sleigh I saw leavingPiled up high with chocolates and sherryPerched on top a cake with a cherryNo, it's just a trolley at ChristmasWelcome to the retail business I can’t tell if I’m still dreamingAbove the noise of colleagues screamingCheckouts beeping, customers moaningAll the time with their…

So that was 2021 (Part One)

No, don't worry this isn't another Covid post. This is far more indulgent. This is all about my personal year. The things that have given me joy and the things that have saddened me. When I've laughed, when I've cried. My successes and my failures. I shall start if I may, at Christmas Day 2020.…

The Highwayman’s Tale

I wrote this in the very early hours of Christmas Day 2020. I wrote it for someone who has always been and still is, very special to me❤️ T’was starry and cold, that Christmas Eve night When the Highwayman woke, from his slumbers with a fright Although grumpy and tired, he knew something wasn’t right…

Jammie Dodger Birthday Cake

I'd completely forgotten I even made this in all the busy busy couple of months I've had. Me and the little one made it for her Dad's birthday, mid October. So many Jammie Dodgers The cake replicated a Jammie Dodger with vanilla and raspberry flavours and was totally covered in them😋😋. He loved it❤️

At last….My News

I think at last the menus are sorted. Goodness knows how they became such a mess. I started sorting them Saturday afternoon and it is now ten to midnight Tuesday. No, I haven't been working on them non stop. My problem has been finding time to fit something else into each day. No longer do…

How did that happen?

Thought I'd pass the time whilst relaxing in the bath by explaining my absence, but I see that my blog is a mess🙁 The menus are all over the place. I have no explanation for it. I spent so long sorting out what was a category, a page or a post and now it looks…

Bursting my Electric Bubble

Yes, sadly. I can't believe I am writing this, but quite honestly I have found more arguments against owning an electric vehicle (EV) than for. Let's forget they cost a years wages, because when you start looking around at the deals available and the amount of money being thrown at us by the government to…

Good luck Rosie and Luke….

I have decided, rightly or wrongly that now is the time to let my first born go.... So far it remains titleless. I am told that is not a word.....I know the book is good, because my friends told me so.....But seriously, it's now three years since I finished editing it and received comment from…

A New Crochet Pattern and a Scrappy Cloth.

I spent yesterday learning a new crochet pattern. I love crochet for its simplicity. From a few basic stitches, so many pretty patterns can be created. Harlequin Stitch Crochet I'm working several long sections in a repeating stripe pattern, when I have enough I'll stitch them together lengthways. A new blanket, hopefully ready in time…