Y esterday I climbed to the top of our local hill - Bennachie (pronounced Ben-a-hee!) This is not remarkable in itself but the land and t...

Late May and June were a bit quiet on the blog whilst I undertook my annual stint of full time work as an exam invigilator.  In fact, for th...

It's my daughter's 18th birthday today. I made her a card to celebrate all her birthdays as she is due to leave home soon to go t...

The weather in Aberdeenshire during April was, quite frankly, more like winter than spring. So instead of thinking about lightweight pas...

Last autumn I discovered knitting podcasts.  I like to listen as I make things and I got fed up with my regular radio shows and wanted so...

It's a week since I returned from Edinburgh and I expected to be telling you all about my trip as soon as I got home.  Then I got flu....

It feels like the night before Christmas.  Tomorrow I am going to Edinburgh.  I'm attending the Edinburgh Yarn Festival , the UK's p...