Starting with a particularly nice sunrise with an aeroplane trail that reminded me that sunrise is getting later and later. I like...

First of all, a little advertising moment! Building a Future is now available on Amazon KIndle. I hope you'll like this one. A house...

The weather has broken, but it isn't that simple, is it? Outside, it is 17c, with a lovely fresh breeze. In the living room where I'm...

Then, as those of us of a certain age will say automatically, I'll begin. This is Willow, sprawled on a quilt in the sunshine, as relaxed...

Look closely at this picture because it’s far more than it seems. Look between the silver metal cylinders on the roof that vent all that...

Just a quick post, but a nice happy story with an aaah factor. ttps://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20230896.ducklings-trapped-a338-bour...

Here, for everyone who slept through it, is the midsummer sunrise taken from my garden. Beautiful, and yet somehow sad, because from now...

Research is a funny thing. You find yourself uncovering things you never expected to and today's discovery is a calendar of celebrations....

Isn't it a relief that the weather's finally warming up? I give it a week until we're all complaining about the heat. That's okay because...

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm hooked on quilting and embroidery and just about any form of two dimensional sewing. All my chairs have...

This isn't a post I want to write. I want to assure everyone that I've done all I could, but I need to ask you NOT to buy or borrow 'A...

I love watching birds. They’re so graceful and they have a freedom that I can only imagine as they soar and swoop. In an ideal world,...

The bear goes over the mountain… Do you remember that song from when you were a kid? If so, did you ever feel sorry for him because...

As far as I’m concerned, anyone who’s enjoyed my work enough to decide to follow my blog is a friend I haven’t had the chance to meet in...

‘Having it all. ‘Living the dream.’ ‘Living it large.’ You hear all these phrases so often but surely I can’t be the only one saying that...

I live in an amazing part of the world. Where else would I spot an art exhibition on my way to putting the green recycling bin out? It’s...

These adorable little fuzzies and their VERY protective mum and dad are in their favourite nursery pool. Not too deep, nicely sun warmed,...

I was browsing through the Audible Plus catalogue the other day. (Hi, I’m Tia, I’m an audiobook addict…) and came across an audiobook...

Some days seem to come with a soundtrack. If I’m lucky, it’s Matt Monro singing ‘On Days Like these’ or Lou Reed singing ‘Just a Perfect...

I’ve always loved old musicals, and one of my favourites is ‘The King and I’ even though I cry my heart out at the ending evry time. (And...