My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 On one of the rainy days last month I was watching a few youtubers - I'd been looking at Railway Cottage Rebecca - she's so enthusi...

I had a post earlier in the month about buying things from charity shops that would make good presents. So through December I looked to see ...

 I found some presents to fill a bag from Charity shops instead of doing two hampers with home made chutneys etc this year.(With no homegrow...

 I'm nearly sorted for autumn and winter with the finding of jigsaw puzzle number 3, from a charity shop this time. Another House of Puz...

...................weather permitting.....tomorrow..............and the forecast is looking OK.  I started a list  of what to look for this ...

After yesterdays look at interesting buildings in the town here's just one more photo of a shop in Eye......  Eye might have lost it...

When I got the set of Edwardian lady months of the year plates from a boot sale more than two years ago  I made room for them in the cupboar...

 Went to Diss for the computer shop for my virus protection renewal and had a tour of the charity shops. In the animal sanctuary fundraiser ...

After months of finding nothing in charity shops I had some good book finds in Bury St Edmunds when I had a morning  there last week  Found ...

 While I was in town for shopping last week I nipped into two charity shops and found the Sudoku book in one for £2 and the other book, whic...

Winter got here on Thursday, greenhouse looking like an ice house and car frozen up, so it was the first outing this year for the windscreen...

 County town of Suffolk, population roughly 134,000, one of the oldest established towns in England and somewhere I've been going for sh...

 I think all legal covid restrictions have finished today. The virus hasn't gone and will probably re-emerge again in different guises f...

Why are there so few recent posts with the label "charity shop finds"? I thought to myself, as I looked back through old posts.  I...

 The Scouting motto is Be Prepared and after 20 years as a Cub Scout Leader I still like to be ready for anything so when I spotted this in ...

What have I been doing this week?.........apart from raking up leaves which are falling fast now...... Around the country all WI's have ...

 Why am I always tempted by craft things? On the shelves "to do" I have  Terracotta self hardening clay ( found at a car boot sale...

 It was so chilly here on Saturday completely different to last weekend and not sunbathing weather for sure............. at least is was fin...

.......................for me to feel like I'm  living a normal life again. 9 weeks in holiday lets with nothing much to do has upset my...

 £2 spent while I was in Stowmarket will fill up some more of my waiting hours and cheered me up considerably! The East Anglian Daily Times ...