It may have only been a flying visit, but it was lovely to see Lara and Izzy over from Sweden for a week. Went to dinner with mum and had a lovely time. They are so grown-up now. How small they used to be 🙂 and now Isabella is taller than mum! How time flies! […]
Super Siblings and Sneaky Peeks
Brother Glen and his wife Boki arrived back from Sweden for a flying visit, literally, and to go to the Bruce Springsteen concert, for the second time in a week! We had a little get-together outside my sister’s on a balmy day with a beautiful breeze. Brother-in-law Dave did a barbecue, mum and her partner […]
Indiana Jones we love you!
How could I resist? When my great friend and ex sister-in-law Allison says she wanted to go and see it and wished she had come with me when I went last week, I thought, you know what I’m going to see it again at some stage, so I might as well see it now! So […]
Groundhog Day – in a good way! Hols and sneaky peeks!
A super night out with my wonderful son Brad. We went to see Groundhog Day the Musical, based on one of my favourite films ever(!) at the Old Vic. Highly recommended! See ‘watch’ below. Plus another big event that I put on this week, more in Snippets below… And of course my weekend at Center […]
Coming up roses! And sneaky peeks
Since I’ve been away so much I thought I had better spend some time with my lovely mum who had looked after the “Bed on the Bend”, and balcony, so much when I was away, so we went to tend dad’s grave then for lunch. It’s all doing very well especially considering how much drought […]
Sunset Surprises and sneaky peeks…
I had a really nice week in Devon, obviously the weather was boiling. But the memoirs group I was looking after at my writing retreat were an absolute dream. Marnie the tutor was wonderful, and Jennie joined in too, my yoga friend, to take part in the memoirs workshops. We also had some lovely sunset […]
French hols & sneaky peeks!
Was back down by the Dordogne this week in what has become an annual visit to the most amazing venue run by my two lovely friends Mickey and Janie Wilson, in a super townhouse with a pool near the picturesque Dordogne river, Chez Castillon. For those who don’t know, it’s a bit like my Devon […]
Bye-bye lovely Ali Keenan, retiring after 23 years!
Oh well, how sad for this week as Ali Keenan had her last show on QVC and is now retired. 23 years at QVC, goodness me. She joined just as I left the first time round, so it was funny watching Ali, remembering my own farewell show & how different my life became after that. […]
Lady Lorna, Duchess Debbie… and guess who?! Plus sneaky peeks!
A fun bash awaited me on Saturday night when I came back from Devon last weekend. Most amazing guests at QVC came on Lorna Ko, we are celebrating her 50th birthday, and we all had to dress up with a Bridgerton theme! Everybody looked lovely, and the venue was spectacular, with the setting sun across […]
Garden gang and Devon Days!
Had a fun weekend with the garden gang, including lovely Tommy who was 40 on Friday. He informed me that it was 32 years to the day, since I read his birthday card on SSVC television, (for the forces’ children based with their dads on military bases, living in Germany, Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Falklands), […]