Posted in Life | December 31st, 2011
A roundup of my 2011… The good times, the best bits… the little things that made us smile and made up happy moments of our lives… I was actually worried that this post would be rather on the short side as 2011 wasn’t so great with cancelled holidays, plans not happening and what not but [...]
Posted in The Cats | December 29th, 2011
I meant to blog after I got home, before Christmas came along, but I’ve been a little bit busy with some fur babies! I mentioned we were going to get a ginger kitten once I got home to Crete for the Winter didn’t I… But after a quick discussion and my Dad agreeing we thought [...]
Tags: cats, jasper, mona
Posted in Life | December 10th, 2011
Tomorrow night I fly home to Greece for Christmas and the rest of the Winter… From Dannyland (and Danny himself!) and the cold but quaint Wiltshire cottage…. with views like this from the bottom of the garden… I will be returning to this… with this view from the garden… I’ll be leaving Reggie and Randy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | November 24th, 2011
As part of my Black Friday – Cyber Monday deal I’m offering Free Worldwide Shipping on all prints in my Etsy Store – That gives you a saving of upto $5.50 per print if you’re in the U.S You’ll find unmounted prints, mounted prints, inchie collage sheets, 2012 desktop calendars and gift vouchers in my [...]
Tags: black friday, cyber monday, etsy, free shipping
Posted in Life | November 15th, 2011
Yesterday afternoon our car went off on the lorry to be scrapped Poor car, it was our pride and joy 18 months ago. Bye-Bye Car. We loved you once! (Photo snapped from upstairs window – Apologies for tree in the way but I didn’t want the man who wasn’t exactly “pleasant” to think I was [...]
Tags: car
Posted in Photography | November 7th, 2011
On Saturday it was Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night in the UK. I wanted to take photos of fireworks (something I’ve never attempted before) but after a bit of Google research I kinda knew what I should be doing with the long exposure settings. I was pleasantly suprised with the results…and even found a B [...]
Tags: fireworks, photography, sparklers
Posted in Photography | November 1st, 2011
A third kitty has been added to my “Santa Paws” range of Christmas Cards and Gifts over at my Zazzle Store… Meet Santa Warren! This festive feline is available to buy on postcards and greeting cards with U.S postage stamps and other holiday goodies (mousepads, magnets, mugs etc) being added over the next couple of [...]
Tags: christmas, santa cats, zazzle
Posted in Life | October 28th, 2011
It was Danny’s birthday on Tuesday so I made him a birthday cake. He said he wanted a minty-choc cake so that is what he got… Just on a slightly bigger scale than he was expecting – 4 layers of choc cake with mint buttercream in 2 layers, chocolate spread on the third and melted [...]
Tags: baking, birthday, cake
Posted in Products | October 25th, 2011
Finally… The 2012 Desktop Calendars are available in my Etsy Shop A little later than I was planning (it took me several edits to get the colors correct with the printers and then when everything was finalised my order went missing in the post so had to be re-sent out!) but I got there in [...]
Tags: 2012 calendars, 2012 desktop calendars, calendars, desk calendar, etsy
Posted in Life | October 21st, 2011
On Sunday some new critters came to live with us… Two 7 week old dumbo rats who we have named Reggie and Randy (Reginald and Randolph being their official names should they ever need a pet passport or be registered at the vets!!) Reggie on the Left. Randy on the Right. They are Danny’s rats [...]
Tags: animals, pets, rats