November/December Diary

I am combining November with December. Sorry for this, but I had a difficult November & decided it made sense to do both together. My love of art exhibitions was reduced to only two visited. 1st visit: Royal Academy to see ‘Jasper Johns’. This artist, along with...

October Diary

The first day of this month I always remember as it’s my husbands birthday. This year we organised exhibitions to visit and, in between, a delicious lunch at the Elyston Restaurant in Chelsea. (which I can recommend). First exhibition to see was the ‘Post-War &...

September Diary

After 46 years of living in this house, September will be remembered as the month we ‘updated’ our cellar. Down an old wooden ladder into a broken stone floor surrounded by earth underneath the house, we noticed a never-to-be-seen-before damp area, which...

August Diary

My Birthday month – how the years pass so fast. Last month’s journal covered most of my 3 week trip to Scotland except for our visit to the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney. A beautiful gallery with great views out of the windows, as well as an extremely...

July Diary

Holiday time. My journal is of my trip to Scotland in July, a 2000 mile drive. Probably it helps to split the trip into the various places visited: Saltburn by the Sea, where Sue, my husband’s cousin lives with her husband Ken. They were kind enough for us to break...