December 2023 Ho,ho,ho here it comes again, Christmas and all that goes along with it. The shopping, the food, the presents and much more. I hope that somewhere along the way we can all stop and reflect about what it all means – coming together and kindness. We welcome Margaret Read more
Hello ladies, We had our first frost on the car last week and some delicate plants are now in the porch. The Christmas preparations are well and truly underway. We had a very impressive speaker about penicillin last month, might be worth having her back for something else. We had Read more
Hello again, there is a definite chill in the air now, but always the hope of a few more warm sunny days before winter sets in. We all enjoyed meeting the bees at the last meeting. So much still to learn and weren’t those Queen bees that arrived in the Read more
Hello, I do hope you have all had a good summer in spite of the rain. Eight of us certainly had rain on our WI outing to Greys Court which included a surprise tour of Berinsfield. We all made the most of it and had a really good time. It is well Read more
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