This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook shows how to construct a timber retaining wall to create a play area.

I’m a little early but I couldn’t wait to get stuck into some Halloween crochet! Wahaha. This pattern is so speedy, it really only takes a few minutes. You could make an army of crochet spiders, it’d be brilliant! These guys are so much better than real spiders, which intefere with your telly watching (out…Continue reading ➞ A Crochet House Spider. A Free Pattern for Hallowe’en.

Christmas is around the corner and to celebrate this magical holiday we are featuring a few samples of holiday related advertisements and imagery from 1946 and 1964, courtesy of Roger Wilkerson’s collection. To me, the hand drawn illustrations and images in mid-century advertisements are the epitome...

A blog about Decorating, fashion, gardens, the beach, gardening, cooking, photography, all influenced by my Italian and Argentine roots.

I've fallen in love with the illustrations of the late Roger Duvoisin, a Swiss-born American illustrator. His style perfectly marries colour...

''I love [x]! Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em!'' — The Mr. Men Show Little Miss Sunshine is the fourth book (second book in France) in the Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves. Colour: Yellow Shape: Round Gender: Female Personality: Cheery, joyful, excited, caring, beautiful, bright, friendly, good, pretty, nice, polite, kind, happy, lucky, playful, helpful, considerate, happy-go-lucky. Family: None Friends: Most of the Mr. Men and Little Misses (except the ones listed below) Rivals: Mr. Grumpy,

Make a Can Star With a Beautiful Front and Backside: With Christmas knocking on the door I had to begin with some Christmas decoration. I like the thought of reduce, recycle, reuse and the idea of free material. I went down in the basement were we collect our cans to bring them to the recycling centra…

Images of The Jolly Roger.

Kids can have fun designing their own perfect Christmas jumper (sweater), T-Shirt, hoodie and other bits of clothing, with these printables.

EDIT:: Hold your horses!! Before you read on, you might like me to direct you to the updated version, which is a far more straight forward pattern with pretty much the same results. GO HERE for the written pattern. And go HERE to YouTube for the video tutorial. Ta! x The first anniversary of my…Continue reading ➞ A One Skein Crochet Mesh Bag. Free pattern.

Jesus is the reason for the Christmas season. Here is a simple way to build a manger display in your yard. It even folds down and stores flat.

Step back and time and enjoy these charmingly vintage Christmas scenes celebrations from the 1940s through the 1970s, showing holidays that were picture perfect.

These Crispy Baked Parmesan Eggplant Fries are going to be the highlight of your week! They’re crunchy on the outside, and perfectly tender on the inside.