My Quiet Life in Suffolk

It looks as if the "Legacy Blogger" will be switched off completely  towards the end of the month so I've swapped onto the new...

............When will I stop writing Strange Times and counting the weeks? Soon I hope. This weeks flowers on the table are the first of t...

From The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady. The name of this month is of doubtful origin. Ovid suggests the goddess Maia , the mother of M...

My second picking of tulips from my mini cutting garden, nearly all yellow this time, the next lot to open will  be all shades of pinks and ...

.............photos of car boot finds. The weather was fine Saturday morning so off down the A140 to Needham Market  - 1st car boot sale o...

And another Saturday round up from the end of the lane The first Hollyhocks from the mini cutting garden and a chance to use my Big Jug. ...

What a glorious Easter weekend it was for family get-togethers. Sunny and warm. There were a plethora of one year olds at Willow's bi...

What a difference some new vinyl has made to the upstairs shower room. The floor was  a pale wood laminate and had worn away in places and l...

On my table this week are Cornflowers from the cut flower bed, Golden Feverfew,  Lavender in two different shades of  er.......Lavender, a v...

Sometimes you spend a bit of extra money on something and it turns out not to be worth the expense. But sometimes you spend a bit of extra...

Last summer when we had 4 wooden posts left after taking down the eyesore-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden, Col made me a mini Cut Flower Garden ...

 Some boot sale treasures have already be mentioned but there were a few more during the month At a small Sunday boot sale early in August...

After making the two new beds there were 4 posts leftover from the  eyesore at the end of the garden A bit of garden for cut flowers w...