Autumn

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Autumn must be one of my favourite times of the year. I often drive down towards Chelmsford these days and as we get further out into more open countryside the visual sights that greet our eyes are nothing less than stunning. The colours of the trees and the read more

The Long and Winding Queue.

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Monday, 19 September 2011

We can hardly open a newspaper or watch a TV news programme without hearing something adverse about today’s youth! Okay, okay, I know we had a very disturbing set of riots during August, mainly showing youthful yobs bringing some of our major British cities into disrepute. Where were their parents? read more

A picture of Mischief

Posted by Ann Lees, on: Sunday, 11 September 2011

A picture of mischief What is it about water and kids? A holiday cabin by a lake, complete with ducks and other feathered wildlife, bring a host of possibilities for mischief when you are young, so grandsons Charlie and George were in heaven when visiting us for read more

Try Something Scrummy!

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Friday, 2 September 2011

Today here in Essex, it has been really hot… Sun shining most of the day - Wow! To celebrate one of our rare, to-hot-to-handle days, I had a really scrumptious lunch. ‘Cos it was too sweaty to tackle a whopping sandwich, I had instead, a real sunshine salad… I had read more