Don’t believe the hype

The recent winter months have been filled with all manner of worldly hassles

A Christmas message from the Queen biscuit

A Christmas message from the Queen biscuit

My dearest loyal fig rolls,

I hope you have enjoyed a splendid time since we last met, all bonfires and vampires, empty trees and woolly pullies.

It’s that special time of year already, when we scoff the Quality Street far too early

Summer 2011

Dearest little BBQ sausages,
It’s nearly over but what a summer! Admittedly, it was mostly in the earlier months but I can’t remember so many days of sunshine in years.
North Shields normally hosts a freezing, grey coastline but it has become almost…. ‘holidayesque’ ! I was suddenly seeing blue sky, and feeling a lovely warm breeze. The normally infuriating seagulls are calling “come and buy chips……come and buy chips”! Well, who am I to ignore avian instruction?….the birds

May 2011

How’s your May going my little custard creams?

mine’s is doing quite nicely thank you. The sun is out, the garden is growing, I’ve had pimms in a deckchair (v.posh) to celebrate the bank holidays and only one downside I can detect, are the freckles on my face giving me that unfortunate, u