Hello! I know we don’t meet in August, but life goes on. Today it’s raining which is good for the garden, but as the song goes The sun will come out tomorrow, as long as it’s not 40 degrees plus. We all enjoyed the July meeting, I think. Old bottles and Read more
Dear Friends a very select number of ladies attended our June meeting. It is always a busy month catching up, now that the weather is warm at last. There were 13 apologies. A big welcome to Linda who joined us and we hope that Wendy who came as a visitor Read more
Hello again, here comes summer! About 30 members had a very jovial May meeting when John Crowley, one of Abingdon’s Town Criers came to talk to us. Who knew that Oh Yey comes from Oreilles the French word for ‘ears’? So much interesting history about Abingdon and the Town Criers. A Read more
Hello! Golly, almost May already and nearly half way through 2023. I do hope it warms up a bit soon. We were thrilled to welcome several new ladies last month. Pat and Beryl who both want to join us and Monica and Jean who came as visitors and were very Read more
Hello, here comes April, less of the showers please! We need the sun to put his hat on. I am thrilled to bits with our new logo. Thank you Mary and Marian. I might even turn it into a small quilt, goodness knows l have enough fabric. Thank you for Read more
Hello ! March is here and we all hope it will bring sunshine all around. Bits are popping up in my garden along with ideas and plans for the future. We must never stop looking ahead. I want to thank Sheila G. for all her lightbulb moments, a bit like the March hare Read more
Hello again February is the month of Aquarius, yes water and we have had plenty this year already. It would be wonderful if all this water could be saved properly and leaks mended for later on when the sun shines. We welcomed Joan last month as a new member and Read more
Hello again and wishing you all a Happy New Year! I always heave a sigh of relief when we have passed the winter solstice. Longer days and hope. Hope for so much: peace and relief from hunger in the world. We can as individuals only do so much. It was a Read more
HO, HO ! In Norway we are meant to bake seven different types of biscuit for Christmas, so that there is always something in the cupboard to offer at Yuletide. Well, l have been in a cupboard, but not with biscuits, our WI one at Northcourt Centre. The books have all been Read more
Hello again, we are already gearing up for Christmas – it comes around a bit too often for my liking. The October monthly meeting was a noisy affair – I do hope some of you picked up a tip or two. We had two visitors, Kate and Joan, who we Read more