Lois Elsden

Lug

Names, naming and words by LoisFebruary 7, 2015

Back on firm ground with a cup of tea

The Radwinter series by LoisFebruary 7, 2015September 15, 2018

Wading through metaphorical mud

The Radwinter series by LoisFebruary 6, 2015September 15, 2018

Food by LoisFebruary 6, 2015

Apricots, cherries, currants and berries, plums and gages and melon

apricots white cherries, black cherries white currents black currents, red currents melon strawberries, raspberries black diamond plums greengages, Victoria plums Mrs Beeton’s 1912 edition had colour and black and white plates; this selection of fruit is rather charming, but I can’t find out who the illustrator was. I hadn’t heard of black diamond plums, but […]

The yearly pageant

Poems by LoisFebruary 6, 2015

Two pubs…

Pubs and and pints... beer, wine and spirits by LoisFebruary 5, 2015

Beetroot… I love beetroot

Food by LoisFebruary 5, 2015

Une petite histoire

True stories, short stories and stories for children by LoisFebruary 5, 2015September 13, 2018

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisFebruary 5, 2015

Hearts and flowers…

Before I was married I moved into a new house, a totally new house, an only just built new house. The garden was a dumping ground for the building site, and over the hot summer that I moved in, I dug the whole thing over, making a huge pile of bricks stones and other rubbish I had […]