• Notes from outside

    Notes from outside

    Ah, I bet you saw that title coming a mile off didn’t you!! I’m wending my wobbly way back to Stitchopolis having managed to catch a slightly earlier and, most importantly, direct train. Which is good because I don’t mind admitting my little jaunt has completely wiped out my energy levels.  Physically I started off…

  • Top drawer

    Top drawer

    Have I mentioned my thing for drawers? I’m a bit batty about them and my ebay search is set at all times for vintage haberdashery styles, apprentice pieces and shop displays – want to see my little collection?   The tall Sylko drawers are my pride and joy, a bargain from birmingham. Anyway, why am…

  • Fly the flag

    So, Other Half has been shopping. Now when I shop I dabble in charity emporia. OH takes it to a whole other level, however. He has bought a boat. Or half a boat to be precise. It’s a floating family holiday home, he says. And I’m quietly excited tbh. My boys will be little fishes!…