Pottering

For Mary this was pottering in their garden solo and making a meal together.

It makes me very sad to think that Derek and I won't be pottering around together in our old age.

Often, when we are pottering around the house together, I undress Celine in my head.

We also love the usable outside space and have been pottering about planting tubs and making it look nice.

People are pottering, enjoying their hobbies – so I can turn down the tempo.

Presented in Gracefield Gallery at Dumfries, ‘Pottering with Paint’ features a selection of Dame Barbara Kelly’s paintings and sculptures alongside artists who have inspired and informed her love of art.

I like pottering about,” he said.

Researchers are currently conducting studies to see whether people who take 10,000 steps a day merely by pottering around their house achieve the same health benefits as those who do so by brisk walking or playing sport.

When she’s not being feisty on the EastEnders set, Tanya loves her newfound passion of gardening, pottering away contentedly.

In a 1965 letter to his son Michael, Tolkien recalled the influence of the man whom he always called "Father Francis": "He was an upper-class Welsh-Spaniard Tory, and seemed to some just a pottering old gossip.