Yesterday was one of those rare days in my life when I awoke to the realisation that there was nothing urgent that I had to do!  For once I could please myself which lying in bed with an early morning cuppa I fully intended doing.   W... Read more

There’s nothing on this earth to beat the malice of a woman scorned or in the next world either which is why the latest remake of Susan Hill’s classic horror story, The Woman In Black, is enough to frighten you witless!    ... Read more

I’ve never been to Amerton Farm Park and yesterday’s visit was very nearly my last! The trouble with ice is you can’t see it and as soon as I stepped out of the car I very nearly went my length!   Luckily I still had ho... Read more

  I’ve just spent several frustrating hours looking for artwork for my latest project.  I need some slightly gothic type faeries which won’t cost me an arm and a leg!   Not striking lucky on my first few forays, I decide... Read more

Well for a start, he isn’t a child, but the Roman god Cupid, who governs erotic desire and sensual passion.  His youthful persona implies mischief which he happily unleashes with his golden (and leaden) arrows.  Cupid’s che... Read more

So it's another New Year's Eve and I'm writing this before our very select party starts in a couple of hours.  It's select because this year we've only invited our closest friends who quite frankly are completely mad at the best of times but New... Read more

I really do like Christmas - honest!  Just glad it only lasts two days that's all!  Christmas day saw the house bursting at the seams and the third night on the trot of keeping late hours. Boxing day we spent walking with the family and th... Read more

Now that we have little Annie in the family we’re reliving the intoxicating rush of adrenaline fuelled anticipation engendered by the recollection of our own dim and distant childhoods.  Well perhaps not to the point of creeping down ... Read more

Paul's post on his Fright Night experiences reminded me of my foray into the spirit world!  Thought as it is Hallooween you'd like a glimpse! I can’t imagine why I agreed to go on a ghost hunt on one of the coldest evenings of the wint... Read more

I’ve never considered myself to be luckier than most people, but the gods certainly seem to be smiling on me at the moment!   It began last Friday when Nearest & Dearest and me went along to a ceilidh or barn dance as they used t... Read more