I’m not sure why buying gifts for friends and relatives in the springtime seems less arduous than in the autumn and winter – it must be the way my brain works.  Perhaps because my birthday is at the end of the year – and I’m generally bought winterproof items for mine.  I do enjoy selecting […]

Oh my goodness have we had a Christmas and a half.  Nothing went very well – apart from the catering on the ciritcal days – that was all delicious and cooked to perfection, rather than to within an inch of it’s life, as so many Christmas dinners end up!    I’d been invited to join […]