Well 2008 has been an amazing year for me. Some recent low points such as redundancy and family illness, but mostly it has been a wonderful...

Yes it's my birthday today, 43 - where exactly did those years go? Anyway, the sun shone, the birds flew and the flowers were out, well...

Although it's a crisp sunny day here today, things have been a bit gloomy now that all the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. I sti...

It's a cold, grey and snowy day here in Mansfield and so I thought I'd brighten things up by posting some cheerful beaded flower pic...

Well after panicking last week and fearing that I may have to give up beading, I've actually managed to do rather a lot of it this week!...

As promised after my little rant last week, normal beady business has now been resumed. I hope it stays that way too, but I have a fear. F...

I've been blogging for 8 months now and from the start I wanted this to be a happy place to visit and so I kept it bright and breezy wit...