Thank you to everyone who took part in this giveaway.  The winner's name drawn from the bucket last week is Karen Gimson. Congratulation...

You know how it is when you come across a project that you just want to get started on straightaway? Well, that happened to me the other day...

Finally , we're there. Christmas Day. For the next 24 hours I can put my feet up.  Sort of. The winter solstice, my favourite landma...

Having started to float along on the festive tide with my christmas garden post at the weekend, I took two toddlers to the zoo in Regent...

Pink Sorbus berries where they'd fallen onto ivy - I'll use these plus more in a wreath. Is it really only 10 days until Christ...