This photo was taken two years ago. Hettie died on Friday afternoon. The vet said that in addition to the cancer, she had a few other...

First I must apologise to those people who left comments late yesterday. I was up wandering about late last night, I read them, selected al...

I look out the window and see Hanno digging in the front garden. He'll be tidying something up, or digging out roots or thinking about ...

What a grand couple of weeks it's been with my sister Tricia here. I swear we get closer as we get older and at times it was like havin...

 Sunny's sushi buffet. We had a lovely day yesterday. It was my birthday and, as usual, I was made feel like the queen of Sheba. ...

It's calm in our home, even with four people here. Yesterday we had Jamie for the day and my sister Tricia is staying with us for a cou...

I was talking to a friend the other day and told her that I'd never been so busy in my life. It's true, I am busier now with family...

Tricia's husband died suddenly a few years ago and she spent the next couple of years deciding whether she would sell the family home a...

Hello for the first time in 2015! I hope you've all had a good break, enjoyed your holidays and chilled out with your feet up for as lo...

Here is Jamie with his little red Hamburg overnight bag.  He wanted to know why Santa left those presents at our place.  We have a sur...