Merry Christmas ! Thank you for popping in even on Christmas Day. I hope you have a lovely day with friends and family, and if you cannot do that, then please find some joy in your heart. We had a wonderful evening and I shall tell you all about the singing later this week, when things are quieter and I haven’t got a turkey still sitting ice-cold in the garage! I have taken myself off to my little artroom for…
Hi there. Well here it is, Merry Christmas! As you know, my Mutti is German, so we celebrate Christmas this evening here – on the 24th. The house is filling up with family, busy fingers are last minute wrapping, and I shall soon leap into action in the kitchen and serve our traditional German meal of Bratwurst, Stampfkartoffel und Sauerkraut. But before I shoot off, I would like to stop for a minute and think about those of us who…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. We had a super Clarity Christmas lunch today. Ran around like headless chickens all morning, then all piled into various cars and headed off to Tunbridge Wells. Great food, great games, great laughs. Our Secret Santa was hilarious too. We all opened our gifts and showed them off, and then – Spot the American!! No sooner had Nick, Grace’s lovely fella, assembled his basketball hat, than He got absolutely bombarded by balls! Screwed up wrapping paper…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just about had enough of present wrapping for one day. Have run out of gift-tags, which will amuse my Mum. She always makes me a big batch of gift tags, beautifully stamped with little robins, tits and holly. This year, when she gave them to me, I ribbed her, and asked her if she’d written her name in each of them too, which she found highly amusing. Imagine giving somebody a big bunch of gift-tags…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Bit murky darn sarf today, I can tell you! And now it appears that Storm Barbara is heading our way. Dave reckons that’s quite worrying…. Nonetheless, the 3 musketeers stepped out into the elements, in search of – wait for it – A C A S T L E . And did we find one? We must have driven past 4 on the way to the jewel of Kent that is Leeds Castle. Last…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Morning at work. Happy to report that ALL the Gray Sale orders – every single one – has left the building. That is amazing. What a supreme effort. Over 3,500 orders – and many were H U G E. Lewes in the afternoon, with Grace and her beau, Nick. Here we see Harveys of Lewes in the background, the oldest independent brewery in Sussex. 8th generation family business. Dates back to 1790. Here’s another beautiful…
Hi there! 19th December already and it’s all go here! SO much to do and so many boxes still to tick. Monday’s blog is Flowers and trees, right? Here’s the perfect answer… A fabulous piece of artwork sent to us by our much loved and very talented Design Team buddy, Linda Spencer. Here she has used the winter stylee trees from the Groovi Starter Kit on black parchment. She has taken a few snowflakes from one of the other plates,…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Rounded up both kids at Gatwick. Fog caused some delays, but it was fine. Took a photo of the parking bay where I’d left the car, but still managed to confuse blue car park with red car park. Along with a whole herd of others, I might add! Lots of laughter in and out of the lifts. Now there’s a leg of lamb roasting nicely, Grace and her lovely lad Nick are napping in…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well, I have blitzed the house from top to bottom in anticipation of the kids’ arrival tomorrow. It always gets worse before it gets better though, eh! The tree is a real beaut – especially now it is lit and dressed. I did have to go and buy SOFT WHITE LIGHTS though. Last year, Dave got some which you would be more likely to see around a pothole in the road than on a…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time we had two beautiful black labs, called Dutchie and Duke. They were the most beautiful dogs, and they loved each other very much. In fact, when they were young lovers, they had a litter of 8 beautiful puppies too. 5 black labs and 3 yellow! You can imagine our surprise when the little blondies slipped out! Dutchie…