The turn of the year

This tweet, in the last five minutes from my friend @Annette1Hardy cleverly pre-empts what I’m going to say tonight:   @MsAlliance Your year of writing a daily one is nearly up, or will you continue? — Annette Hardy (@Annette1Hardy) December 30, 2015  ...
Old and new in Greenwich

Old and new in Greenwich

If you can overlook the divot in the red jumper I like the subject matter of this photo. I hadn’t walked the dogs for nearly a week so had cabin fever this morning and was raring to go. We had to deliver some overlooked presents to my cousin-in-law in Greenwich...

Just chill

It’s a long holiday, isn’t it, Christmas and New Year? We have such busy lives and then, after the build up to Christmas day and the tumult of writing cards and buying and wrapping presents; of planning and executing menus; of discovering that you have...

Stormy weather

    I’m recovering from my Christmas Day. Since you ask, I was kept awake until 2am by the yipping of a dog as over-excited as a toddler, only pacified by his beloved human brother, recently returned from Canada, spending the night downstairs on the...
Our Christmas Day

Our Christmas Day

No politics, no religion around the table. Only family that gathers on too few occasions and the return of a beloved one. Such a splendid meal generates too much clearing up but it’s all done now and I shan’t have to go downstairs and face a sticky kitchen...