Valentine efforts

So, our Valentine’s Day was a little…unusual, given that we spent most of it with GG’s mother, sister and brother in law. However, determined not to ignore the festival altogether, I concocted a couple of little treats with a Valentine theme. We had no bread in the house for lunch and so, rather than dashing [...]

Update: Help the victims of the bushfires

The British Red Cross have set up a fundraising page for those of us in the UK who want to help the victims of the bushfires in Victoria, Australia. Click here if you would like to donate. This site just makes it easier for UK residents to donate rather than trying to work out exchange [...]

Australian bush fires

I admit that this news story somewhat passed me by at first, but the severity and catastrophe of the situation was really brought home to me when I read my blog-friend Marita’s post on the matter. She doesn’t live too far away from the disaster-struck region. She has posted links to news video showing some [...]

Sunday high tea

Yesterday evening, we had high tea at my mum and dad’s house. It was lovely! GG made a cake, I made cheese scones and Mum made fruit scones along with cooking all the other things that we ate. I’m sure we ate far too much, but then again we enjoyed every morsel!    And as [...]

40,000 hits

I’ve let the last few landmarks pass, but I couldn’t resist recording this one. I’ve just passed 40,000 hits on my humble little blog! I know that’s not a lot of visitors in comparison with most other websites, but it blows me away to think that this many visits have occurred just because of the [...]

Rugby fever

The annual outbreak of rugby fever has hit Cardiff, ready for tomorrow’s commencement of the Six Nations rugby tournament. I was walking down Queen Street today, going home after work, when I spotted these guys wondering along; From left to right, we can see Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and England. France was around somewhere, but [...]

Snow day!

So, my children’s school has eventually given way and closed for the day. We have less snow on the ground than we did on Tuesday (not enough to play in ) but apparently the forecast is for heavy snow later today and I think they were worried about people getting home. So I get to [...]

An un-Christmas present…

…or maybe a Happy February present! Whatever the reason, my lovely Mum gave me this book today: John Seymour; “The Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency”. I’ve already read a large chunk of it (while I ate lunch loveingly prepared by my father for me!) and I’m finding it fascinating. I bought Jo the latest John Seymour [...]

Idiots

I can’t understand the mentality of youths such as the ones mentioned in this news report; The driver of a gritting lorry narrowly escaped injury when a snowball containing a brick crashed through the window of his vehicle. A gang of up to 15 youths targeted the Torfaen council vehicle in freezing temperatures at Pontnewydd [...]

Snow! Schnee! Neige! Nueva! Eira!

Woohoo! And yahay! And yeeha! It’s snowing! As I type the snow is still coming down, and is settling for the first time in a couple of years! So here are some early photos for your viewing pleasure. If the snow hasn’t melted by the time I get up tomorrow, you may expect some more! [...]