Every year I like to make a little heart for my boys, even though Matthew, the youngest, told me that he finds them embarrassing – I think its his age! Valentine’s Day is a “holiday” that we discovered in America when the boys went to school. As a child growing up in Britain, you waited… Continue Reading
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Snow, Cousins, Birthdays
We’re home after a fab Christmas holiday with all the family, even if it did mean commuting between England and Wales. Snow was the theme of the holiday. Little did we know we were going to be home for the coldest Christmas for the last 30 years or more – reminding me of the winter… Continue Reading
Where has the time gone?
New Year is well on the horizon and possibly more snow! A cold wet snowy London greeted us. It snowed again in the night but it didn’t lay in central London. We went to explore the Tower for the day, trying to fend off jet lag! Geraint and the boys did the Science Museum the… Continue Reading
Two new vintage shell button bracelets
Yummy… how many can I wear at once? Top: stacked shell buttons with silver beads and cream freshwater pearls bottom: stacked shell buttons with tiny garnets beads, a garnet heart in the centre and freshwater pearls…. I sold the top one this morning – thank you Lisa and the bottom one ( a new favourite)… Continue Reading
And the winner is…
Julia and Seth Haws ( I hope I spelt your names right). I made a “musical” Holiday/ Christmas Tree Throw for Moore Middle School Music Department to raffle at their winter concert… tonight. The top was cotton with as many green/blue/black squares that had some kind of musical theme/image on them. The back was flannel… Continue Reading