Dog Days
Gosh, it’s been a busy few days. I’ve had friends and dogs over, and been enjoying the house and the wild and windy weather outside. There are few things in life more invigorating and refreshing than wandering outside in the wild winter weather, with dogs that get excited at every small thing you see. I [...]
Extreme Christmas
I think Christmas brings out the extreme in people. Year after year, we’re told to strive for the ‘perfect Christmas’ with articles from various magazines on decorating and preparing puddings and organising your turkeys in October until we start planning from August for fear of getting something wrong or missing something out. It becomes a [...]
Spring Cottage’s Makeover
I was colour-scheming last week, having decided that my poor old living room was looking a little bit tired and bland. It has been suffering old-cottage-itis, which is generally speaking where it gets painted cream, gets a little bit grubby the way cream-coloured stuff does and began to slowly blend in with all the other [...]