This weekend Dave wanted to whisk me away to a national trust property (his membership runs out at the end of October so he’s trying to see as much as he can in the time he’s got left) sadly I had to decline as I had/have loads of theory revision to do (my exam is Read more about A weekend with Holly[…]
With September once again truly upon us it was yet again time for my esteemed employers to release the workforce from the office for a day to complete tasks for this years chosen charities/strike a blow back for everything that is good in the world. This year there were three choices, repairing some steps for Read more about Volunteering… the return[…]
And so after the ceremony and the photo’s outside in the sunshine (the weather worked out perfectly, thank goodness) we went into the barn to sit down to the wedding breakfast and let our hair down. Lisa has booked local celidh band the Gekoes and I’d offered to call for the wedding guests. Read more about Lisa’s wedding reception[…]
So after many hour of sewing (and I mean many) I give you the beautiful bride Lisa is so beautiful I could have sent her down the aisle in a binbag but I think I managed to go one better than that. I would have loved to have done the bridesmaids dresses as well Read more about Lisa wedding[…]
The bodice is the last bit of the dress to be done, I made this tulle to check the fit, as I suspected the bodice needed extending a bit to fit over the skirt. This fit will probably alter again once the boning is in so I also factored in some ‘wiggle room’ . I Read more about fitting the bodice[…]
So today it was my birthday! I took the day off work and treated myself to a long lie in (alas no bath as our hot water cylinder is still broken), followed by the classic posh breakfast scrambled eggs and smoked salmon brown toast and a little glass of prosecco (just a little one) before Read more about Another year passes…[…]
Work has been manic of late with not much let up so this Friday my friend Nicola and I headed to Oxford for drinks and a bit of dinner. The head of the river is very popular student hang out we walked from Nicola’s flat all the way along the towpath till we reached Read more about dinner with Nicola[…]
yes it is that time of year again, our lovely ex-landlady (and now neightbour) Trish and her crazy physics husband Malc have headed off to sunnier climbs leaving me to look after the ‘chickens of doom’ for two weeks. This doesn’t sound that horrific until you hear three facts 1. last time I looked after Read more about Chickens of doom[…]
So last weekend my sheerly superb friend from uni Mr Alex Wood (yes you should know him by now he has appeared on this blog many, many times) got all grown up and MARRIED to his long term girlfriend Victoria. Nichy and I were in attendance and we had a great day after an early Read more about The Wonderful Wedding of Wood[…]
So after fully exploring the wonders of inside we moved outside to look at the show gardens. Almost immediately I was confronted by this sight. Yes dear readers it is ethnobiologist and herbal fox James Wong (he is the one in the black shirt for the uninitiated), reclining gracefully in his hut/thing in the middle Read more about Chelsea flower show – the latter part[…]