I’m still loving my Christmas presents. All of them but in particular my new camera. Especially now I have the new zoom lens and can get close up and personal on lots of stuff. My mother-in-law has gone camera shy and Fortnum is getting bored with it all.... It seems that progress on our neighbours house has slowed right down. There have been builders there since just after Christmas but somehow progress has seemed much slower. That’s one of the mysteries of the building trade. People on site but not much... It was back to work for MT today after three weeks away from his job in the city. It was a bit of a strain for him to leap out of bed and rush for his work so he took it easy and got the slightly later train! Who can blame him. No sense in rushing on your first... A window seat was a key feature we wanted to build into our house. Somewhere light and bright you could languish reading the papers and drink pots of tea. A place to hang out and be at peace with the world. We built a window seat in the “family... There is one thing that you can be sure about at this time of year is that the weather is very changeable. After a scorching hot day the temperatures have plummeted about 10 degrees with a couple of southerlies blowing through. But never mind the wind. When the... 