Recently, I was indoors when I heard a plane go over. It was so noisy that I raced to a window to look. Was it a jet? Was it going to crash? But no. It was a small aircraft flying over the field behind my house. In that same field two boys were playing a … Continue reading
Recently, I had some amazing luck. Someone bought me tickets for a raffle and I won a prize. A big prize as it turns out. I won this amazing hamper crammed with beauty products. My family and I had great fun sharing everything out. There was even enough stuff to give some things to my … Continue reading
Recently, I went to a charity dinner. The entertainment was a well kept secret and a huge talking point. Who was it? I guessed Taylor Swift (wrong). It wasn’t Adele either, nor Ollie Murs or Elvis (??!!). Turns out, the main act was non other than the very awesome Kylie Minogue. Kylie Minogue. Right there, … Continue reading
Hands up if you’ve read any books by Linda Chapman? She’s written over two hundred, (some of them under pen names), so I bet you’ve read at least one. Linda writes for girls and boys and for all ages. She’s such a prolific writer that she’s known in the industry as, ‘Linda writes a book … Continue reading
Regular readers will all know of my beautiful GSD, Indy – a BIG dog in both size and character. What most people didn’t realise was that Indy was a very old dog, nearly 84 in dog years. Very, very sadly, just before Christmas Indy became ill and died. It was a heart wrenching time. My … Continue reading
I’ve spent a good deal of time on the road recently. Or to be more accurate on the road and on the rails. It started on February 6th with a visit to a library, for National Libraries day. I was met at the library entrance by one of my favourite book characters. This ‘zebra’ Paddington … Continue reading
I’m passionate about many things. At the moment I’m learning Spanish and I’m very passionate about that. I’ve been driving everyone mad practising essential sentences on them such as, ‘yo no es un oso’. (I’m not a bear). But my life long passion is books. My parents read to me even before I was big … Continue reading
Paws up if you’re a fan of Paddington? Me! I’m the ultimate Paddington Fan Girl. As a child, I read and re-read my way through all of the Paddington books in our local library. Paddington was, and still is, my FAVOURITE book bear. Over the years he has featured largely in my life – on … Continue reading
Tomorrow, December 6th, is St Nicholas Day. St Nicholas lived in the 4th Century and during his life he performed so many miracles that he was nicknamed ‘Nicholas the Wonderworker’. One story tells of a wicked butcher who was living through a time of bad famine. The butcher lured three children to his house where … Continue reading
It’s firework night, and while fireworks are very pretty and can be lots of fun, they’re VERY dangerous. They can also cause lots of distress, especially to wild and domesticated animals. My dog, Indy, is TERRIFIED of fireworks. We keep her in and she spends the night barking so we have to turn the radio … Continue reading
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