Shelley's House

Sunday was my birthday. I turned 64 (Bill says yes he will). Brits (or perhaps it's just Bill) don't seem to treat birthdays with qu...

We took a five mile walk the other day and happened to pass Preston Cemetery, which was closed a few weeks ago. We've both enjoyed runs ...

I was sure I'd written about Bill's oat crackers before, but apparently not. This is another bit of baking he's done recently. M...

I wrote earlier about wishing for fresh flowers in our house during lockdown. (And regardless of what this government decides about lifting...

On one of our walks we passed Nicholson's butchers in Whitley Bay. We've never shopped there as theirs are premium prices but they a...

Can't say I've done any 'Quar Baking' as they say in the New York Times , but Bill has. He's made a couple batches of sc...

A friend of ours found time in lockdown to go through some old photos and came up with these, from September 1996, my first ever visit to Fr...