I like the thought of a snowball rolling down the hill picking up layers of snow and growing. I have a dear friend, Joanne, who is wonderfully artistic, and thru her I met new wonderfully artistic friends Nadine and Renee and
When the winter fog sets in, I'm so grateful for our mountains. Today C and I went in search of warmth and of the promised sun. This evening I decided to remember today with a little painting. A small jewel
Dear self image, Oh you sweet, silly thing. You have this adorable idea in your head that being the international woman of mystery is sexy and sophisticated, when actually, being the international woman of mystery, means you arrive with five extra
It might only be the middle of January in the Great Pacific Northwest but yesterday in the sunshine it was warm enough to ditch the winter coat! Nice! It's making me feel like spring is just around the corner
There's usually a fog which hangs around my head for those first few days back from England, but then at about the fourth day, the fog lifts and I can sleep and start to feel much better. At about the
So, figuring that we can't actually work all day, we decided to go have lunch at the Burford Garden Centre. You'd love it here. Walking into the huge, multi-layered, multi-spaced complex and hitting this wall of jasmine was just magical,
So, it's almost that time again, I have to switch countries. Yesterday Robbie and I took down the Christmas tree and all the deckies. We kept it up extra long because neither one of us really wanted Christmas to end, (even
Well, all the wind and rain has resulted in some localised flooding. I joked that now we live in The Lake District, because all the fields are lakes! The Thames and Windrush have resulted in some sewer and drainage problems
This morning Robert said, "what's that strange light?" It was the sun! So despite the gale blowing outside, we decided to go for a walk down to the village to see our Knight Templar and his Lady in the church. West
Junk shops + vintage shops + thrift shops = Happy! Because the one thing I absolutely love doing is finding one-of-a-kind, unusual things for my children (and me). And thank goodness for my iPhone. Happy little iPhone; clandestine little photo