London treats and tailors’ thimbles

Although I was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the North-East of England, I grew up in a village in the Buckinghamshire countryside. A forty-minute train journey from the nearby town was enough to take you to London for a ‘day out’. So a day in the capital equals a special treat for me – and nowContinueContinue reading “London treats and tailors’ thimbles”

Designs in paper and in flowers

My new self-employed life allows for a certain flexibility in my schedule. Thus it was, that I was able to meet my friend Angie this week for a cup of coffee in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  (I love going back to the city which was my birthplace and where we lived – later on in my life -ContinueContinue reading “Designs in paper and in flowers”