

Grappenhall library
I visited a local library with a difference today. In 1959 the site was gifted to the council and local community by the family of Mrs...


Letterbox topper
This letterbox topper is decorating a dementia friendly garden at Warrington Hospital, overlooked by the children's ward. Children's...


Getting ready for the Christmas tree festival
Eight people met at the Sanctuary hub to practise assembling our tree and disentangling our fairy lights, in preparation for next week's...
Christmas in a care home
Christmas can be an overwhelming time for people living with dementia, and many care homes prepare the environment in a gradual, low key...


Teddy
I am in my comfort zone, painting a little teddy belonging to my daughter.


Courtyard
This is the view from the back door of my brother's house, a paved area with plants in pots and a beautiful brown amphora. Dating back to...
"Grandfriends"
There was a lovely news item in today's "Sunday Times." When Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School opened after months in lockdown,...


Christmas cards
On a wet afternoon I've made my first batch of Christmas cards this year, with a five pointed star template cut out of cardboard, a pen...


My brother's house
My brother lives in what was once a butcher's shop, in Bethnal Green, East London. It is very cosy. I made this sketch sitting at the...


Starry sky
Using felt pens, oil pastel crayons and metallic watercolour paints, seven residents added details to my drawings of houses and stars,...