Corners of my Mind

I seem to be in ‘grumpy old woman’ mode today. Don’t know why because it is lovely outside. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the n...

We had an old friend to stay with us over the Easter weekend and yesterday we drove her back to Spalding. On the way we stopped off at the s...

I was interested to learn that there is a new book available whose plot revolves around one of my all time favourite paintings by my very fa...

We set out early today and drove across country through Ipstones, Longnor and Tideswell to Hope. The air was clear as we traveled through th...

I was searching through a box of old photographs and family papers when I found a very old card signed by my great-grandmother. Now this was...

Looks like spring has arrived at last. The daffodils are in flower, the collard doves are billing and cooing and we have frog spawn in the ...

Overheard earlier today as I walked to the local shop. Two small boys chatting on the pavement whilst playing football 1st Boy - she isn’t g...

Well, I started this Blog a year ago today and it seems I wrote about Dab Chicks at Cromford Canal. Perhaps we should go back and look at th...

I visited the Elan Valley twice last year. Once with friends on our annual ‘get-together’ and the second time with P on our way further into...

As it is World Book Day today I thought I would mention one of my all time favourite books J L Carr’s ‘ A Month in the Country’ . It is set...

I can’t be the only person that hasn’t read any Dan Brown novels and in particular 'The Da Vinci Code', in fact, I know I’m not bec...

Well, the ongoing saga with Homebase is still – well – ongoing. We have had two more attempts at getting two cream drawer covers with no su...

Up early, out of the house and on our way to Ikea by 8.30a.m. to buy handles for the kitchen doors and drawers. We have a choice of three ...

Whilst fitting together the final unit P found that the drawer runners didn’t fit the drawers. He rang Homebase yet again and of course, yo...

The mini-skip arrived nice and early and we completely filled it with the sorry remains of the old kitchen. The gas man came to take out the...

Up bright and early to drive over to Chesterfield to pick up my sister and make our appointment at the Sheffield probate office at 11.30a.m....

We’ve hit our first problem almost straight away. When we ordered the kitchen the oven housing came up on the computer as beech even though ...

Well, I was right the old units were removed and behind them were absolute horrors of old tiles, woodworm in the skirting boards which were ...

The kitchen we ordered from Homebase after Christmas is now sitting in bubble wrap in the garage waiting to be installed. Firstly we have t...

Yesterday S&R came over from Nottingham and we drove over to Leek to find a shop they wanted to visit. Period Features is on Broad Stre...