A week ago, I used the image of a badger in our garden as a basis for my TFTD. Following on from that, I was dismayed to see evidence of further visitations from Mr Badger, plus his friend Mr deer! I had hoped that my erection of a fruit cage bolstered with a fence would…

I was feeling pretty pleased with myself, having planted 4 neat rows of potatoes, with (short) fencing around each of the two raised beds. But my efforts were all in vain when two or three days later the fencing was pushed to one side and there were small “pits” dug into the ground and the…

Last week I mentioned that I had been to Bordeaux recently. Naturally the “Cite du vin” and the “Musee du Vin et du Negoce”, two museums covering history of wine and the wine trade were on our itinerary. Both were fascinating, the former in a contemporary building built to look like a wine decanter and…

My husband and I recently had a few days away in Bordeaux. We were staying on, the edge of the centre of the city, and travelled there by train. This required us to travel “light” with one small suitcase each. One of the things we enjoy doing when we visit a new place, is to…

We recently held a “Vision Day” at Elmsett. It has been a long time in the preparation – the first suggestion that we hold such an event was over 5 years ago! We also received prompting and reminding along the way. Our opening questions included, Why? What? How? A common theme that came through was…

I have recently rediscovered the “skill” of knitting. Last year all the churches in the Ipswich Circuit were invited to knit a square for a blanket that would then be presented to Norwood MHA. Each square has something that represents that church or its location. My amateur effort was to try and depict an elm…

We have been blessed with the gift of a life size eagle at Elmsett Methodist Church. The girls in our Girls Friendship Club (GFC) have been working over the last few weeks on this beautiful and majestic bird. It is now soaring above our heads as we worship on a Sunday morning. This reminded me…

My younger son was born on this day some 30 plus years ago, and has been forever grateful to have been born on St Patrick’s Day. Celebrations usually include a pint or two of the famous Irish beer! Although St Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland, he was born in England, (the…

My habit at the weekend is to walk up into the village to pick up my Saturday newspaper from the Community Shop in Elmsett. On one particular Saturday it had been raining heavily the night before so the paths around the fields and along the airfield were particularly muddy, “slippy and slidy.”  It was the…

I recently read Matthew 6:5-8 , which is a prelude to Jesus giving the disciples what we know as the Lord’s Prayer as a template for how to pray. I was particularly struck by verse 7 and where it falls in relation to the Lord’s Prayer. “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as…