Burghley House

Burghley House is in Stamford, Lincolnshire (borders) and is a beautiful Elizabethan House, which has been added to and changed through the years.  It was originally built by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I.
The House and Gardens (and cafe) are well worth a visit - the House has a huge collection of wonderful paintings, sculptures and treasures.

Little Doodles - Katie Wilson

Have a look at Katie's wonderful drawings ..........

Scraps!

Does anyone, apart from me, remember collecting 'Scraps' from their schooldays? ............. I know it was probably a generation thing, but when I was at primary school, as well as playing marbles, collecting and swapping cigarette cards (from candy cigarettes of course!), swapping beads and buttons from an old tin - we also collected 'Scraps' and kept the sheets in an old book in sets on different pages, and swapped them! There were crinoline ladies, (probably my favourites), flowers, historic portraits - and lots of other pretty things. It was a girly hobby of course.