So this weekend we were lucky enough to have Mr Alexander Wood to visit for the day. As it was a Sunday some of the places we would have taken him were shut, so lunch in the kings arms and a leisurely wander round the Pitt Rivers were decided on. I fell in love with Read more about Alex comes to visit[…]
Jam and I had tickets to see the most excellent Ralfe Band perform at the Rotunda (one of the ‘outbuildings, if you can call it that, at Grove house in Iffley, you can find what else is on there here). It was I have to say an awesome venue, the upper balcony reminding me a Read more about Ralfing about[…]
My mum has been staying with us for a few days so we thought while she was up here it was probably time that she and Jam’s mum met each other (the dads were ruled out as Jam’s was busy and mine was boring and stayed at home). Jam’s mum drove to ours and was Read more about Mum’s the word[…]
This week at woodschool I finally got Jam’s spoon glued back together. I did think for a long time about abandoning the project altogether but it took me a year to get it all carved and as my teacher reminded me even if I started all over again there was no guarantee that the new Read more about together for evermore (I hope)[…]
Earlier this year Jam became a member of our local brewery the excellent Loose Cannon Brewery. It was a new start up in 2010 and as Abingdon hadn’t had a brewery since the much missed Morland (who beautiful tile you can see below and which can be found on the side of all pubs past Read more about I do enjoy a good brew[…]
(The finished windows at the end of day two). This was the week of my first stained glass lesson at Ardington School of crafts. Ardington is lovely & going back to the old school house really felt like going home. You’ll remember that before I went I did some research into the type of window Read more about My first stained glass class[…]
We wanted a big party this year but with the house still being a bit of a state we decided on Harry Potter and scary cakes at Maddie & Jonny’s. We took the Potter and the fantastic Lilly Vanilli’s A Zombie Stole my Cupcake (Jam bought this for me when we first started dating knowing Read more about Halloween[…]