The Kittywitch Diaries

You cannot have failed to notice Yew trees as they are most often found near to churches, often forming sombre avenues to the porch...

I bet you've never heard of Alexanders even if you do live in Norfolk! So it came as a great shock to the County when in 2002 it's...

This article is given over to John Betjeman's poem about Norfolk, a county he grew to love from childhood holidays spent on the Broads...

A lovely feature of the towns and villages of East Anglia are their village signs. By far the most are situated in Norfolk...

When I first moved to Norwich in the early 1960’s there were still blocks of terraced houses that had outside lavatories...

It's Good Friday, 5.30 pm and Granny is sitting on a rug at the end of her garden in hot sunshine. The air is simply filled with gentle...

'What?' I hear you cry. Let me explain... ​ Hubby and I had recently stumbled on James May's Programme about model railway enthusiasts...

Now is the time of year when frogs and toads emerge from their winter hibernation, safe to live out their lives in marsh or garden...

Our family has its main, heavier meal of the day in the evening. Even eating a relatively light meal in the middle of the day conjures...

Now, as the storms of winter are in the process of lashing at our east coast, is a very good time to hunt for Amber on the foreshore. Mark

This morning, mid-November, the sun was shining bright and early from a clear blue sky, so Hubby and I decided not to miss ...

In the quest for an all- round healthy lifestyle, the subject of diet cannot really be ignored. I don't mean following weight-loss fads...

There's been some headology going on under Granny's bonnet. She has been thinking a lot lately about our environment and our impact on...

This week Hubby and I have been cat-sitting for friends outside Bury St. Edmund while they tend to affairs abroad and so, we too have...

My dear mother was a strange creature in many ways and frugal. She had to be. There was never any spare cash for luxuries or new clothes...

My dear, do you know, How a long time ago, Two poor little children, Whose names I don't know, Were stolen away on a fine summer's day,...

My brother died yesterday. One of the millions of ordinary, anonymous people who populate this earth, he lived out his life without...

On Saturday, Hubby, myself, and family popped across to Wymondham for a spot of musical entertainment. The group we had gone to see as...

It has been a busy June so far for Granny and family. We first enjoyed a lovely week in Grasmere in the Lake District despite the dreary...

Viper's Bugloss! Viper's Bugloss! Viper's Bugloss! There, said it! Sorry about that but there is just something so exotic and unusual...