Tag: vintage

I maybe blonde but … keep calm & drink tea

How my Valentine’s Day changed my isolation time ? It doesn’t sound like a Hollywood best seller but it’s my story and how change is good for us even if we think it isn’t On February 14th 2020 my life changed ..  And one month later all our lives have changed for ever  When I say my live changed … injuring…

I maybe blonde but still a half glass full girl !

I have recently experience two things I have not ever previously done ! And that in 53 years in this day and age has to be amazing  ! 3 weeks ago I fainted whilst walking along a busy street and was whisked by ambulance to my local hospital. Within 3 hours I had been assessed, blood samples taken, X-ray on severely…

I maybe blonde but love a good feel of a book

Top 5 December books  ( ones read or leafed through, online or paperback) Delia Smith Christmas cook book – try the veggie options .. celery and blue Stilton soup  Agatha Christie – The autobiography, re reading after many years Miss read stories, 1960’s stories of local school teacher and village life Wartime cook book by Marguerite Patten, making economical Bourbon…

i maybe blonde but …. its all about the legs

    another blog & photo from yesteryear, Sept 2009   Definition – Hosiery – hose; stockings and socks, hose and knitted or woven underwear, mainly British. So, a brief history of hosiery for the discerning gentleman or just the curious amongst you In 256 A.D woven cloth and hand knitted fabrics were made, the Egyptians with chic red woollen…