Gosh it's February already and I am way behind updating my blog. I meant to write just after Christmas then things happened and I never found the time to get stuck in! Time just seems to slip by so quickly and more so when you get older! Still here I am and I would like to wish you all a very belated happy New Year. That said, I will turn 75 this year and... um... well I just cannot find the answer as to where all the last 74 years have gone! Still I am blessed that I am still here to tell the tale (have I mentioned this before somewhere in this blog...). And, I have my darling grandsons who light up my life big time. Talking about grandsons, my son rang me this morning still full of cold which he developed over the past few days, and he sounded dreadful. His wife works weekends so he has the job of looking after their four sons. When I left him yesterday afternoon after he returned home from work, he looked under the weather....
Halloween is just a few weeks away, and already I have seen windows and doors being prepared for the occasion, with thinned-out cotton wool resembling cobwebs and clingfilm strips to add a bit of drama, large hairy spiders glued to doorways, and witches' broomsticks propped up against a fence, and bats hidden in hedges. Shop windows have their Halloween displays and things to entice the consumer to buy. But lots of stuff can be made at home from materials found around the house or the charity shops. After all, it is just a fun night, and it is for one night. There is a great sense of achievement when you create something original, and it has cost you zero pounds! If anyone has any ideas for homemade items, video links, etc, put them in the comments. Please keep links for Halloween only. Other links will be deleted if not related to the topic. I will be putting a Christmas post up shortly, where links to homemade Christmas stuff will be most welcome. It is a time when child...