We saw this beautiful plant by our garage door today – it is a Lenten Rose (a sort of Hellebore).  Apparently the beautiful markings are there for any Queen bumble…

Today the plan was for Herculaneum in the morning and Vesuvius in the afternoon.  I have been up Vesuvius before (with J) and in September it had been freezing cold…

We had the tilers here today putting up the new tiles in our main bathroom.  This room was not in a good state when we moved in – it had…

I managed to decorate the wall in the drawing room.  That may not sound like much of an achievement, but the ceilings in here are so high that to put…

It is J’s birthday today. He is lucky to have been born in August because my birthday is in November (cold and miserable) and R’s is right after Christmas (cold,…