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Archive for September 2019

August vegan favourites

What with our holiday and the school holidays, the heatwaves and visiting family, cooking and recipe experiments have not been high on my agenda this month. Take a look at my Scottish vegan experience! One of my fab finds on holiday was gluten free macaroni in Tesco. I quickly shoved 2 packets in the trolley […]

Why She Lied, by Julie Coons

I need to start this review with a trigger warning: this book deals with child abuse, human trafficking and modern slavery. Why She Lied is not a pleasant book. It is not an enjoyable book. It is a powerful book. It is a shocking book. It is a brave book. Julie has been abused her […]

#GlobalBlogging 127

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to Global Blogging! The last few days of the summer holiday! Wherever you are in the world, come and join me and Heather at Shank You Very Much! You can link up any 2 posts then please comment on both host posts and the one in front of yours. Please […]

#Project365 2019 week 35

Day 237: enjoying the funfair at Dymchurch Day 238: a little bit of train spotting at the RHDR crossing at the end of my mother in law’s road before heading home Day 239: Great British Bake Off is back but my vegan double chocolate biscuits will not make the grade! I burnt the first batch […]

A revolution in face painting with Face Paintoos

I am not artistic, or at all capable of recreating designs in art form. We won some face paints in a tombola years ago and they have just been sat in the cupboard. A few months ago we attended a party for Face Paintoos at Beale Park and had a fab time. The party pack […]