Corners of my Mind

I've always been fascinated by this house. It is called Doveleys Manor and stands just off the main road from Rocester to Ashbourne. We ...

Below is a photo of some burdock. To add to my post on Dandelions and also to that on Superb Combinations , I thought I would include the b...

Our nearest station is about 20 minutes walk away. The trains that run along this line travel every hour between Derby and Crewe. When w...

I wish I could say that all the vegetables in the basket above are from our garden but no such luck I'm afraid. Just the courgettes and...

I found this on Mibsy's blog and thought I would give it a try. The idea is to list 50 things that make you happy. I haven't listed...

We are going to have lots of plums this year, the branches are heavy with fruit so we will be able to make pots of jam and plum crumbles. L...

Tell me, where has summer gone? Was it ever here? Was it that hot weekend we had in May? Who knows? The garden is wet, soggy and looks co...

As it is July I'll do another review of books read as I did in April for the first three months of the year. I was going to do a list of...

I've borrowed this book meme from Sarah's blog . I know she doesn't mind. It's a list of books and you are asked to:- Bold ...

In continuation of the two Cambridge and also the Peterborough posts our next port of call was, as I said, connected to my visit to Trinity ...

What a lovely gesture. The Dutchess has passed on this award to me. It is for 'talent and creative energy' - I only hope I can li...

This is really a continuation of the Cambridge posts because, as I said in part one of those our next destination was Peterborough in order ...

This is a continuation of my last post in which I described my day in Cambridge minus the college visits. I managed two which happened to b...