I just found this book on my shelf after many years and was enchanted all over again by the sweetness of the cover. The illustrator is Margery Gill. The back cover is no less delightful. I received this book for Christmas when I was ten. I remember choosing it with the woman who gave it […]Read Post ›
No longer with us, my father loved a Christmas hat. With embellishments. I used to find it really irritating. Now I miss it. He was the most intensely social being. When I was tiny I can remember people frequently coming round to our flat in Talgarth Road to play bridge or hearts or just for […]Read Post ›
Looking back and looking forward. I could not stop thnking about this lion last night. We saw him inthe Serengeti in 2013. This wonderful photo taken by my husband. The following taken by me at the same time. Just to give a sense of perspective. And this year has been a good one for perspective. […]Read Post ›
For the Mhinisteir’s wife Today is the sixth of December. For me the real beginning of the Christmas season. This was the day when good children were given a little present and naughty children a birch rod. One year my mother gave me a rod. It was very small and gilded. Very pretty. But a […]Read Post ›
for MKJK This star atop the Christmas tree has been a part of my life since childhood. So, it must be well over 65 years old. It’s amazing how something so fragile can last, despite being moved from house to house and from tree to tree. It has survived a serious accident when the tree […]Read Post ›
Happy Christmas to everyone who reads this. I’m really pleased you read my blog, but next year I’ll be even more pleased if you would let me know that you have read it, or bits of it. I know it’s difficult to comment on it here, but please let me know what you think by […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 