Notes from the Slow Lane

1. I'm aware it's been a while since I last posted, unfortunately I haven't been too well, I overdid things somewhat and then mu...

I am sitting on the old bench in the middle of the garden in the cool of the evening.  Little snatches of sunshine have made their way thro...

I have treated myself to some awesome brooches and hair slides from colourful company Acorn and Will . They came beautifully wrapped up in t...

A beautiful sunny afternoon, a shady garden, a comfortable chair, some good reading material, some knitting and that classic retro treat: ...

Watching the beautiful William Morris wall paper in my parents' hall, in one of my favourite patterns, Willow Bough, being ripped off, s...

"...I will be flesh and blood; For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently, However they have writ th...

This afternoon I was able to indulge in spending the afternoon watching a black and white film, something I have always enjoyed doing. On th...

I've been meaning to write a less "heavy" post for a while now, but haven't quite got around to it as I've been feelin...

I turned twenty-six a couple of weeks and I'm still trying to adjust to being a really very adult age. It is the sort of age where one ...

A bit over a year ago I registered for a website called knitmeter.com which, as the name suggests, is a tool for recording how much yarn yo...

As it is a while since I blogged last I thought I would write again; not about anything in particular you understand, but simply in a genera...

I committed a piece of terrible extravagance today: I bought a new pair of slippers, even though my old ones aren't worn out yet! Shock...

Beans in situ I've been wanting to blog for a while now but been having difficulty working out how to put into words and sentences and p...

My last post was my one hundredth; quite a landmark if I say so myself. I'm not entirely sure how to mark it, despite having blogged on...

This sunflower grew up by itself, probably from a seed in the bird seed feeder and is just on the cusp of flowering. It's amazing watch...

Or is it Julia and Julie... regardless of which it is, I definitely recommend this film. I watched it last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed ...

Like most of the country and no doubt plenty of others around the world I've been watching the latest political developments with tremen...

I've spent the past few weeks mostly recovering from the benefits appeal, which mercifully I won. But it was a huge trauma and stress, ...

I think I've found it, or solved it, the elusive niggle that something's not quite right, that I'm out of sync with something. ...

First off, today has been a rather bad day for missing Amy. Had some bad dreams last night about her funeral, only not the one that actuall...