Today is my daughter, Eilidh's, 21st birthday. Birthdays inevitably make me nostalgic as I think back over the years and the happy mem...

It's nearly a year since my husband, Geoff, gave me a two day course at  Blue Sky Mosaics  for my birthday.  Though courses run througho...

As a geography student back in the 1980's, my assignments regularly called for the use of coloured pencils.  When I took my studies a st...

I do like a bit of Talking Heads but I'm not sure that my little creatures are quite what David Byrne was singing about in 1985.  Recent...

It's the jam season.  The trouble is - we don't eat that much jam in our house so I'm always on the lookout for alternative ways...

This craft project grew from a desire to brighten up a dull corner in our dining space.  We live in an old croft house and the thick wal...