Natural History Museum
The animal and plant decoration on the museum’s exterior
I have posted before about my love for the…
Crackington Haven
The rocky little cove known as Crackington Haven is the nearest spot on the North Cornwall coast to…
Fierce Creatures
We have just spent a few days in London visiting our daughter Isla and one highlight of our trip…
Winter Walks
There is not too much happening at this time of year but it is nice to take a walk when the weather…
Megadunes of Dunhuang
My husband Alex and daughter Isla visited the city of Dunhuang, in China, a couple of years ago and…
Stormy Sunset
There are many official dates that mark out the passing year but one of my favourite personal markers of the coming spring is the first day I can drive home without using my lights. Yesterday the horrendously wet weather we have been having took a little…
Cold Weather Clearout
A snowy day in North Cornwall
You may have noticed I have not been active on this blog for a while.…
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Fantastic Fungi
As a child I was always fascinated by mysterious old Chinese medicine shops with all their weird and wonderful bits of dried and shrivelled Nature. Most interesting of all were the different dried mushrooms that, depending on type, could be used for…
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Decorating Christmas Cakes For Gifts
This year I made and decorated small Xmas cakes to give as gifts. Rather than the marzipan and…
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Merry Christmas
Hi everyone,
I would like to apologise for the lack of new posts here in the run up to Xmas. We…
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