food
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Back to Black
Black is a favourite of mine but it doesn't have to be dull or boring.....
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Advent Calendars
It's a funny old time December, half of me is a wee bit excited by the whole dressing the place for the season to be jolly, the other half wants to curl up on the sofa with a mug of hot chocolate, thick socks and a blanket and watch movies.
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English Breakfast Day
Join the millions of others celebrating English Breakfast Day and share your breakfast online, find out more about the tradition......
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Autumn is over, winter is here and soup is on the menu
Wrap up, warm up and get the recipe for my Spicy Smoked Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup and Catalan Bread with Anchovy
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New clobber and winter prep
You know what it's like the weather takes a turn, it's always the same at this time of year. What better time than to start looking at my winter wardrobe, an alien concept when I am still walking around in flip flops and have only just progressed to slip on flats to go out in!
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November
Its nuts that it is November already! October seems to have flown by in a flurry of unseasonably warm days with visitors even swimming in the pool, unheard of and probably a bit bonkers, days at the beach, t-shirts and sandals and now suddenly dark nights and woollies.
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It’s all Greek to me
When you can't get to Greece bring Greece to you!
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Southward Bound
As the sun sets on our first day of exploring and house hunting it is time to relax, if you have ever contemplated a move somewhere completely different come and join me on my journey for a while.
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Spring Cleaning
In between April showers getting the house, garden and cabin ready for the summer and other tales....
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March
A month of preparation for the year ahead, doing all those jobs I've been putting off for ages but of course squeezing in some jolliness in between the rain, sun, rain, freezing cold, saharan winds, more rain join me for a glimpse into Girona in March.