We made a little holiday pilgrimage to Squires in Rayleigh this afternoon. Squires is a delightful little coffee and tea shop on the High Street “Christmas Coffee”
Ariadne’s Blog
Mainstream
Like almost everyone, we are busy little elves these days, shopping, cleaning, wrapping, celebrating– well, you know how it is… One thing that I will “Mainstream”
Windy Basildon
After yesterday’s sunny ramble along the coastal footpath, today we braved the crowds of shoppers in Basildon as we finished off the last bit of “Windy Basildon”
Heybridge Basin
‘Twas a lovely day at Heybridge Basin this morning and the animals were out in force! (These statues are in one of the gardens bordering on “Heybridge Basin”
Winemaking in Essex?
Absolutely! And with this year’s mild weather, we’ve heard that the local vineyards have had a super year, so we were really keen to head out into the “Winemaking in Essex?”
Make Pretty
This has been such a hard week for so many of us — the news is painful to see and hear, wherever we are. My “Make Pretty”
December Rose
We might only be a couple of weeks away from the winter solstice, but our mild weather is throwing up a few surprises… we found a “December Rose”
Lamplight
It’s very dark when I walk to work in the evenings now, and I’m appreciative of the decorative lampposts in people’s gardens. They do more “Lamplight”
Hello, December!
I am excited about the arrival of the Christmas season now that December is really here. For me, the Thanksgiving weekend always marks the beginning “Hello, December!”
Goodbye November!
Dear November, it doesn’t feel like you stayed around very long. We packed so much into your days that they just flew past, and now “Goodbye November!”