Or at least, coastal Andalucia in January. When the UK is frozen solid or at least under blankets of snow, here in sunny Spain we have daytime temperatures in the late teens and early 20s in winter. This means with mild temperatures and rain – gardening!! Not just tidying up and waiting for snowdrops and […]Read Post ›
Inspired by an Australian friend’s photos of the most delicious home-made ravioli, I decided it was time to have another go at making pasta dough. It’s some years since I tried it, and it was pretty unremarkable, not worth repeating so it was back to buying the hard shop bought stuff, that always worked perfectly […]Read Post ›
(In which our heroine admits her culpability regarding her ethics) Those of you who know me – and my views on make-up, cosmetics and the whole so-called beauty industry – may be surprised at this post. But as hair washing is not about changing, aka improving your appearance, but is basic hygiene and cleanliness, I […]Read Post ›
It would be helpful, if bank staff could actually tell people that if they don’t collect their cash card within a certain time they will destroy it. This may be particularly pertinent over the Christmas period, when gosh! shock! people may actually go away for a few days. Or, how it went: 23 December c […]Read Post ›
A lie-in. For no reason other than it was New Year’s Day and we had nothing planned. Plus it had been a lovely evening. But wait. What is that noise? Music? At 5.30, and er 6.30, and er every .30. The bar down the beach was obviously partying on in big style. Early rising Partner […]Read Post ›
I was looking forward to New Year’s Eve. Actually I was looking forward to 2011. It seems, that for a lot of us, 2010 has not been the best of years. The journalist in me usually enjoys doing a review of the year. I think I’ll skip quickly over this one and mention a few […]Read Post ›
