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 [...]

Turning on the Breeze

Turning on the Breeze

I got some time to take a really good look around the Finca store last week. I'd initially checked out their satellite store on the SeraSim but decided to take the time to really take a deep dive into the products at their mainstore location. I left ladened down with shopping bags but with a [...]

A Right Royal Tea Party

A Right Royal Tea Party

"How many kinds of sweet flowers grow In an English country garden? I'll tell you now of some that I know And those I miss you'll surely pardon Daffodils, heart's ease and flox Meadowsweet and lady smocks Gentain, lupine and tall hollihocks Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, forget-me-nots In an English country garden" English Country Garden by [...]

Inspiration Corner

Inspiration Corner

I've been filming a lot of videos lately for the Seraphim YouTube channel and really got into how much fun it is to do. So, today when I set about building a scene to blog I decided to hit record on the software and do a speed edit video. It's been a long while since [...]

Feelin’ Girly

Feelin’ Girly

I'm not often what I'd describe as a girly girl. I've never been one for the colour pink and never gone for cutesy looks for my avatar or for my home decor but sometimes it's really fun to move a little outside of the comfort zone and try something different. It's even more of a [...]

Reality Perspective

Reality Perspective

Second Life is the place many of us go for temporary relief from reality. It is after all, a virtual reality. When the stress and strain of real life gets too much we can immerse ourselves, and our alter ego, into our temporary, virtual world. Sometimes, that's not possible. There is no escape. Then is [...]