Rosettes and Waggy Tails!

It was so lovely to wake up to a glorious, sunny Peak District day yesterday as The 'Lord of the Manor' and I, with Jess in tow, were off to the Hartington Country Show.  Well I guess having been here for 7 months now, a country show was a must to make us feel like…

A Sunday walk with ‘Emily D’ and Jess.

A short while ago I posted a blog with the title Hope.  It included a poem by Emily Dickinson and I mentioned that I would love a book of her poems.  It was my birthday shortly after and I couldn't have been more thrilled than when I opened a present from my daughter and there it…

Mangetout and the menagerie

For those of you who havent read my post Cottage life. I live in a mid terrace on a part owned council estate in the midlands, but to me it is my cottage in the countryside. It comes complete with the sweet sound of humming as the bees lovingly collect their nectar, and is surrounded by trees…