Shades and there are shades

A beam and a pine cone , is this light up or is it hanging down?

Cats in the Winter

What do cats dream of?

Cat's greatest gift

Frank lends you his presence. That should be enough.

Trying to get Frank in at night time from the front of the cottage is a challenge he looks forward too. The word HAM or the sound of the fridge door does it every time.

Frank loves the game of calling him in. When he has been fed from the fridge and the lights turned off for the night. He disappears out of the back door cat flap.

The moral:- Be generous to your cat, remember it is always better to give than to receive.
Ask the cat on the receiving end!

Bearing up ready for Christmas

The three teds above are all made from original material and old time patterns.
With growlers, without growlers.

"special" bears all need a "special" home.

Soggibottom Bears are all around the world...you just need to look...

For everyone who has emailed me and moaned that I haven't put on enough bears........ here you are............. Michele.

Ways to cross the River Dart

There are a few ways into Dartmouth.

The easy way for us is to take the ferry. But not this one.
Unless the higher ferry is out of action.
This is the one that has been known to come loose from where it shouldn't be loose. This is the one that sometimes goes wandering down to the sea in the distance.
Maybe the reason we try and take the higher ferry and not just because Amie has a better view

Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Dartmouth first.

They left from Dartmouth first.
This is the quayside below. It still has a cobbled walkway.


Today Dartmouth was extremely quiet. Hardly any one with a camera except us.
Huge absence of tourists.


Dartmouth might have changed since the Pilgrim Fathers sailed, but the view of the entrance to the River Dart, methinks hasn't changed that much.

View looking out to sea from the river.

Oak Tree

This is a young Oak tree that lives in our local park.
During the summer it looks stunning in full leaf.
Its used by children as a climbing frame, a shady
picnic area, a wicket for a family game of cricket and
one side of a goal post, and it doesn't seem to mind a bit.
Its now winter, its crowning glory has gone for another year,
but I think it looks just as good.