Hello, and welcome to my February 2026 Newsletter. As I write this, at the end of January, the rain is hammering against my windowpane, and I long for a warm sunny day. Living in North Devon in the South West of England, we always get our fair share of...
Hello, and welcome to my January Newsletter. Happy New Year, everyone, and may the year bring you everything you wish for. We had a lovely first Christmas in our new home, catching up with family and friends, and generally lazing around, eating and drinking too...
Hello, and welcome to my December Newsletter. I'm so pleased to tell you that we've finally moved house! It's been a stressful year, but we are delighted with our new home. Those of you who are regular readers will know that we had a large garden...
Hello, and welcome to my November 2025 Newsletter. At the end of September, Bryan and I visited Porto, which is the second-largest city in Portugal. I must confess, it's a city I'd never heard of, although since mentioning our visit to friends, it seems it's...
Hello, and welcome to my October Newsletter. What a lovely summer we had this year, followed, in Devon at least, by weeks of rain that didn't seem to know when to stop. However, we couldn't grumble because the gardens were in desperate need of rain, so...
Hello, and welcome to my September Newsletter. It was my birthday in August, and Bryan and I had planned to spend a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his wife, Jenny, in South Devon. However, they were both quite...
Hello, and welcome to my August Newsletter. As I write this, it's drizzling outside, and the garden is loving it. After the heatwave, everything was parched, and I was tired of watering, but now the lawn is recovering, and the plants are...
Hello, and welcome to my July Newsletter. Well, June was quite a rollercoaster of a month for Bryan and me. As regular readers will know, we put our bungalow on the market in early January, hoping to move to somewhere with a smaller garden. We...
Hello, and welcome to my June Newsletter. I've recently returned from a lovely holiday in Corfu, where we stayed in a peaceful resort called San Stephanos. It was beautiful and ideal for a relaxing holiday. The photo is of another picturesque...
Hello, and welcome to my May Newsletter. I had hoped to be writing this newsletter from our new home, but I'm afraid we're still waiting for a moving date. Everything seems to be progressing well, and we expect to hear more in the next week or two,...
Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. I was pleased when the clocks changed last weekend and signalled the start of British Summer Time, which is always welcome with the lighter nights and longer days. However, when I looked back at my...
Hello, and welcome to my March Newsletter. Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well. In North Devon, we've had some lovely weather during February, with cold, frosty mornings and fine sunny afternoons, but I'd much rather have that than endless...