New beginnings and a new challenge
First, let me wish you a Happy New Year. Like many of us, every year I succumb to the pressure of setting mental ‘resolutions’ to improve myself so that the following New Year I can… View Post
Two turtle doves and some gloves under the Christmas tree!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Madeira Cottage AKA Modern Woman Old Soul HQ, and that means the presents have started to pile up ready for a festive evening wrapathon! If… View Post
The morning rush
I imagine my mornings as slow and peaceful. A chance to reacquaint myself with the world in the early morning light (or darkness at the moment) and absorb what the day ahead will bring. The… View Post
A new dawn, a new day
We woke up to frost this morning. It feels early for Greater London but after the searing heat of summer perhaps a freezing winter is next on the agenda. I dislike a mild winter, double… View Post
French onion soup and aprons
The weather is cooling down here (here being the Greater London-Surrey borders). We’re still bringing in the odd sun ripened tomato, but looking increasingly at the likelihood of ripening lots of them on a windowsill… View Post
