It's that season again here in Devon! And they do this 'scarecrow' competition type thing, creating characters to sit out the front of houses and hopefully win a competition. This one's got to stand a chance hasn't it?! Talk about Yabba-dabba-doooo!! Very well made and still there weeks later, even after heavy rain! And what rain we had, didn't we?! As usual I was in the 'other place' when the worst of the weather and storms and lightening was taking place - Devon got it when I was in London etc. But during one particular hour on air at QVC…

What an amazing new place my lovely daughter will be bringing up her first baby in. My second grandchild will be in a countryside home, on a smallholding with 22 acres, where Nick / daddy will be building yurts and treehouses for rental. His parents share the place and it was a smashing trip to see it for me last week. I loved seeing my grandpogs and am very happy there's a grandsprog being brewed too! They have several fields, one of which houses lovely horses - one of them decided to do a quick bum-scratch-dance for us which was…

What a fabulous BBq weekend we had. Look at this group shot - can you imagine what little Blake's face was like given all these reactions from the group around the picnic table at my sister's last weekend? She was making everyone laugh. Such a nice time we had. Then I went off to work and whizzed down to Devon for a free week with no guests, deliberately so I can have some me-time, including sleeping till 11am one morning! lol. And how hot has it been! I've had a lovely week so far enjoying the heat at my place…

Look at this adorable little girl! What a fabulous pic and it's now my screen saver! I'm going to be looking after her most Fridays through the summer - in the run up to my daughter having her first baby as well, in September. I don't know - no grandchildren last Christmas, and two by next Christmas! Yay! She is so funny and loves being 'poggered' up - such a gorgeous baby. I'm only allowed to post one update a month, as she's not a social media baby. So hope you like this pic! I had the most lovely lunch…

I'm currently writing this from my hotel room overlooking Protaras beach in sunny Cyprus- according to the thermometer on the hotel wall it's 33 degrees sunny, to be exact! So I thought I'd mention a few things that I've loved about my annual summer holiday this year. Firstly - when the sun went in! As you'll know from previous blogs, including this one from last June all about my rare genetic 'thing' called EPP, I can't stay in the sun. So when a rare overcast afternoon meant I could go in the see and not worry about the sunshine, I…