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A Very New Year
As the saying goes – “Only take the good things forward”. I’m delighted to announce therefore that I shall commence online ‘back to...
Jane Evans
Jan 3, 20212 min read


What a year!
This time last year I was looking forward to a family Christmas at home and in the final planning stages of a trip to India which I had...
Jane Evans
Dec 8, 20202 min read


Welcome to a COVID and politics ‘free’ zone!
It’s going to be a long winter so there’s never been a time when creativity and innovation has been more important (not in our generation...
Jane Evans
Nov 8, 20202 min read


Keep up your spirits
With Storm Alex’s wind and rain battering my window I have succumbed to lighting a fire. I suppose that means autumn is really here and...
Jane Evans
Oct 2, 20202 min read


First Day of Autumn
The first day of meteorological autumn already….. What a strange old summer it was – the months just merging into one another as we...
Jane Evans
Sep 1, 20202 min read


Emerging from Lockdown
Another month has passed – I’ve never known such a period of supposed inactivity to go by so quickly. We here in Wales are at last able...
Jane Evans
Aug 4, 20202 min read


Bring on Summer again!
As I write this I am looking at torrential rain through my window – what happened to the glorious weather we had in May? Other than a...
Jane Evans
Jul 3, 20202 min read


The New Norm
Are you getting used to the restrictions and new ways of working or screaming with frustration and yearning to return to the ‘old’ norm?...
Jane Evans
Jun 4, 20202 min read


Lockdown
How the world has changed since I last blogged! I hope that you and your families are keeping healthy. Are you going stir crazy with the...
Jane Evans
May 3, 20202 min read


An Ever Changing World
It’s been ages since my last blog and it seems like the whole world has changed in that time. I went to India at the end of February,...
Jane Evans
Mar 29, 20202 min read


Luxury Wool Felt
I had a thought recently – I know what felt is but do you? · Felt is a fabric made from wool by using friction, moisture and heat,...
Jane Evans
Feb 4, 20202 min read


Not just a new year, a new decade too
Christmas is over, New Year is over, and more importantly, so is that awful period until twelfth night when you don’t know what day or...
Jane Evans
Jan 6, 20202 min read


December - End of the Year already
It’s been a busy few weeks setting up stands and talking to new ‘customers’ at winter fairs locally and across the border into...
Jane Evans
Dec 13, 20192 min read


November - Autumn calling
The clocks have gone back and I’m sitting in front of a roaring fire ‘as we speak’. Where did the summer go? I have so much going on...
Jane Evans
Oct 31, 20192 min read


Too Late for Sheep Shearing?
Not for a Swiss Valais Black-nose sheep called Guto. It was love at first sight – but all I wanted was his fleece. He looks a little...
Jane Evans
Sep 27, 20192 min read


Autumn Beckons
The scorching August Bank holiday has been and gone, children are returning to school and house martins have flown away. Not all doom...
Jane Evans
Sep 3, 20192 min read


Half Way through Summer already
No peace for the wicked here in the Upper Tywi Valley – with continuing good weather my sparrows are rearing their second clutch of eggs,...
Jane Evans
Jul 31, 20192 min read


July - Summer at last
After what seems like weeks of rain and chilly weather; sunshine, colour and even some warmth have returned to my part of the Wales, the...
Jane Evans
Jul 4, 20192 min read


Flaming June?!
So where is the heatwave we’ve been promised? Everything is lush and green with trees and hedgerows becoming denser by the day, but my...
Jane Evans
Jun 12, 20192 min read


May Madness
The time has flown by – here we are approaching the May Bank Holidays already. It’s a crazy time, with Easter being the hottest on record...
Jane Evans
May 3, 20192 min read
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