Corners of my Mind

Today we ventured out for a short walk to blow away the cobwebs of Christmas and to breath in some fresh country air. The fields reminded ...

Stay healthly, be happy and enjoy yourselves this Christmas . Here is the most gorgeous book I received from Sal of Sal's Snippets in h...

After work one afternoon last week we ventured to Trentham Gardens to buy various nuts and spices from the Julian Graves shop in the retail ...

I've been wondering recently about changing this blog from the template format to the layout format. As I've been blogging here sin...

It has been another busy week trying to cram everything in around work. A week of making gifts, like little hearts to hang on the tree fil...

It occured to me last week that I actually ought to do something about preparing for Christmas; I've been avoiding the issue for ages bu...

As we left the A34 and drove up the steep incline towards the village of Mow Cop the mist deepened, the air was chill and the trees and hedg...

Although I've been getting up and going to work in the dark for the last couple of weeks I'm usually home about an hour before dusk ...

I haven't had a lot of time for reading, or indeed blogging, lately as I've been working fairly long hours at Royal Mail in the lead...

On Sunday we found ourselves passing through the village of Barlaston and decided to drop down into the Wedgwood factory site to have a look...

As Valerie and one or two others asked about the Leek Sausages that I mentioned in my bonfire night post and as I had also promised to share...

What a lovely surprise! Melody from Teatime with Melody has given me this lovely award - thank you so much. I have, in turn to pass it on ...

The weather this weekend has not exactly encouraged the country walking we had intended so we ended up, yesterday morning, on our usual wal...

The heating is on and the house is warm. The cats are all in for the night, whether they like it or not. As I'm 'cat sitting...

I thought, seeing as it is Halloween, I would trace the journey of a pumpkin from the farmer's field to its final destination. I've...