So I know I promised everyone a couple more practical classes, and I really mean to get on with them today or tomorrow, (the etched glass is proving difficult to photograph), but this week's been taken up mostly with getting
Oh my goodness life is flying by here in OXON. Robert and I were just saying that we really haven't had a day off since I got here late June, so we took all Sunday off and did very little apart
At RBG Kew, one of the most charming areas for me are the King's kitchens and the kitchen's garden. On the second floor is a small room with chairs and some lovely reproduction books and menus from King George's era. One book
Hi everybody! I hope you've had a wonderful weekend all across the old globe. I've had the best luck today at the car boot sale. I set off from home and it immediately started to rain. By the time I got
There are some lovely new toys round here. Among them are two frog princes and two beautiful porcelain dolls, (one with red hair), sitting, waiting to be discovered, because Kerstie is bringing our little girls, (one with red hair) down
Happy midsummer eve everyone. Isn't it wonderful? I believe most children are out of school now and we're full steam ahead into that tall meadow, firefly evening magic that is summer. With summer comes summer's bounty, and we made a little
I've been so very busy painting up a storm for my art in the garden show, that I really didn't have much time for my beloved drawing challenge, and, Ariane called such a good DC this week, that I really
Hello everyone. I hope you've had as lovely a weekend as I've had and are ready for a wonderful new week. I've spent the weekend at my daughter's home 500 Km away from Vancouver in the interior of BC. It was
(goner - British term for a person beyond help or recovery
So here's a little oracle to inspire you. It's a little magical, but it's just outside our mundane world of practicalities. You know you can almost see it, almost touch it as you go about your life, but you always