As we approach the holiday season it becomes apparent that I’m not as organised as many other folk. I like to buy things specifically for the recipient but several of my friends and relative buy in a bulk lot of bits and bobs throughout the year and decide who’s having Read more…
As the summer has been and departed, we are left with the reminders of that scorchingly hot period. so many excessively sunny days! I am old enough to remember the one onme ’76. There were water shortages well before the ones introduced this year. We had to not use hosepipes Read more…
We all love to think of hot sunny days down by the beach don’t we . . . well we think we do. Lately though there has been such an surge in the take up of uk based holidays that the popular beaches are pretty much crowded from dawn until Read more…
Oh my goodness don’t we have to think about things carefully when buying giftware. When I was small we used to have birthday presents that came from Woolworths. Always reliably well made and worked for years. Today’s children have to be protected from loose buttons, wires whatever. the age group Read more…
It’s very easy to get into the habit of going on line to the biggest warehouse in the universe and just order absolutely anything our heart or houses desire. The lockdowns over the last couple of years has definitely put a nail in the coffin of the small independent retailer Read more…
There cannot be many families who have not thought about changing the way they hand out gifts. The Christmas thing is too well established to mess around with established practices. However many extended families agree that instead of small individual presents, putting an equivalent amount of money in the pot Read more…
We’ve certainly had a massive change of weather this last few weeks. Gone has the bright and usually warm autumn morning – that wonderful slightly misty air on the early walkies. I love it when the breath starts to turn into steam as the warmth hits the chillier air. I Read more…
Gifts are loved by one and all in fact, it will not be wrong to say that gifts are integral part of our lives. Many a time it is difficult on the part of laymen to choose the gift. If you are facing same situation then you are at right Read more…
Oh my goodness what a topsy turvey year we’ve had, after such a hopeful summer last year. It will always be the same when there are national emergencies that require robust restrictions to contain them. In our current situation that is a pandemic that just keeps evolving and stopping us Read more…
There can’t be anything more wearying than being landed with the task of sourcing and obtaining a special anniversary gift. Particularly if it’s for a senior family member and several are contributing. I’ve usually been described by that somewhat dubious title of ‘buyer extraordinaire’ – which has proven to be Read more…