A detail from a small tapestry that I have woven myself. The technique is called bound rose path. It looks a bit complicated, but it is not. At least not after studying weaving for a few years. This ...

A very frosty start to the day so I drove over to Writhlington to fetch Younger Son and bring him back to Frome for work. It wasn't the day for a journey on two wheels! The patterns on the garden ...

Goodness me but the GBBO was edge of the seat stuff last night! There were moments when I just couldn’t watch. The semi final show-stopper challenge will surely go down in Bake Off history as being ...

What a frosty start to the day, but the sun soon saw it away. Had an interval class this morning. We have had a couple of weeks off and my arms were feeling a bit fragile after 45mins holding 2kg ...

I had a vet appointment after work to get deworming tablets for Xmas and Gollum prior to our journey to Norway for the Nordic Championship. Next stop was the training hall and then home to start ...

I haven't done an International Space Station (ISS) shot for a while, tonight was a good evening to do one. There are currently 7 astronauts on board, 4 American and 3 Russian. Elsewhere there are 3 ...

Just some quick playing with watercolours tonight. They all look the same but are different sized and shaped brushes! Busy day today with the Manager on leave and two other's sick, so glad I know ...

No real snow here in north-east Somerset, just cold, drizzly, drippy weather.

Andres Maz began the evening alone, then was joined by Ana Leyva who later proceeded to a solo performance. It all happened at Canto de Las Sirenas in the resumed Monday night informal concerts.

Leaving home to go to work this morning ...

“The maples perhaps undergo the most complete transformation of all the trees. Their leaves fairly become luminous, as if they glowed with inward light. A maple-tree before your window lights up your ...

I haven't seen many red squirrels this year so seeing this wee one this morning was a treat. She carefully chose each seed with great care. I just love her wee paws. Rain coming later this week. We ...