“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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Latest Posts

  • Saturday Snapshot: Tamworth Castle

    I’ve had a busy week and forgot about sorting out a Saturday Snapshot, and now I’m off to see my younger daughter. So, to keep things going (after all, I’ve only just got started again), here’s a quick post with… Continue reading

  • Lost Rivers

    Author Christopher Fowler left a lovely comment on my post about The Water Room, the second novel in his Bryant and May series! I was so surprised and delighted, firstly that he even saw it (and seemed to like it), and… Continue reading

  • The Water Room

    Recently The Man of the House and I  treated ourselves to a last-minute break in Great Yarmouth, to celebrate our birthdays (just three days apart!). We had a lovely, relaxing time, and I had planned to re-read David Copperfield, because… Continue reading

  • Saturday Snapshot:Snake’s-head Fritillaries

    It’s a long time since I did any Saturday Snapshots, but I thought I’d start again, so here are my photos of snake’s-head fritillaries, taken at the beginning of May. They are the strangest flowers I have ever seen – that chequerboard… Continue reading

  • Buttons and Threads

    So there I was, enjoying a nice, slow, leisurely re-read of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, and pondering all things Tudor, when I took a break to visit other blogs, and discovered Lynne at Dove Grey Reader was reading The Button Box: Lifting… Continue reading

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