Moth to a Summer Flame

Moth to a Summer Flame

So, after dipping my toe back in the blogging pool last week I found I really enjoyed putting some time aside to put together a decor scene. I learned that I love decorating, I look taking a photo and I really enjoy editing.  I also realised how much I hate writing blog posts, posting to [...]

I Should Cocoa

I Should Cocoa

Candles burnin' lowLots of mistletoeLots of snow and iceEverywhere we goChoirs singin' carolsRight outside my door All these things and more (all these things and more)Whoa, that's what Christmas means to me my love(That's what Christmas means to me, my love) whoa, yeah What Christmas Means to Me  - John Legend feat Stevie Wonder Last [...]

Ode to Joy to the World

Ode to Joy to the World

I was thinking this morning about my Christmas Day morning routine and how many parts of it have changed over the years...mainly as my kids have grown up and now left home and have families of their own. But, there are still some traditions that stay every year. Christmas Eve I light my Yankee Candle [...]

Find Your Place

Find Your Place

Mr Smith and I are revisiting The Empire Hotel this weekend. We enjoy just visiting, sitting in the bar, dancing and chatting in the beautifully detailed and decorated venue that creates a perfectly relaxed ambiance. We were enjoying ourselves so much that we decided to extend our evening by booking a suite. When we visited [...]

Sweetness Is My Weakness

Sweetness Is My Weakness

I have a whole store of photos that I've taken and even put together all the credits on a blog post and then haven't done anything else with. From what I've read on Facebook and Twitter from other bloggers I am not the only one that does this! Which helps me not feel quite so [...]

Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy

I am surprisingly Christmassy this year...panic has not set in yet and it really should have because I have not bought a single present yet in real life. I have a huge Christmas planned. Many of you know I welcomed my first Grandson to our family Christmas last year...he was all of 3 months old [...]

You and Whose Gingerbread Army?

You and Whose Gingerbread Army?

As this blog shows I have one foot in the festive season and one a little on the outside still. I really found the spirit of Christmas last year early on and this year it's a little slower but growing each day. A new round of Farmers Market has opened and this is an opportunity [...]

The Best Revenge is No Revenge

The Best Revenge is No Revenge

I have not watched the current season of The Crown...yet. I probably will but I think the recent death of The Queen has somewhat put me off diving into the most torrid and depressing time of British Royal History. At my grand old age I remember it all. It doesn't feel like long-ago history. I [...]

Wake Me Up Inside

Wake Me Up Inside

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?Leading you down into my coreWhere I've become so numbWithout a soulMy spirit's sleeping somewhere coldUntil you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside (save me)Call my name and save me from the dark (wake me up)Bid my blood to run [...]

Granny Smith’s

Granny Smith’s

For me it's Tomato Soup, in a mug. Not any old Tomato Soup either, has to be Heinz, Cream of Tomato. That is the taste of Autumn to me. I believe everyone has a taste, or smell, that they associate with a season and lots of them are represented in the photo today. This photo [...]