High excitement here at West Cottage! My mini came home the other day. Our friend Wayne made a detour with his flat-bed picked up and carried my mini to the cottage where we put it into Robert's garage, took out lights, windows
Last night, as we were driving to Catherine's, Robert said, "ten years ago, if someone were to say to you, in ten years time you will be hooning X Oxfordshire in a turbo Astra to go to a garden party
I'm starting to love Nancy's Friday random thoughts. It's hard to chose just five, but we must be disciplined! I also love Oxfordshire in late summer. It's so golden and beautiful. I want to paint every thing I see and capture
Thursday is Vintage Market day in Oxford. It takes place between 9am and 4pm on the Gloucester Green, which isn't actually a green in the normal green in the middle of town sort of way, it's more like a Gloucester
It's been tradition for the past decade that on each birthday I get a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. I love it here. This year my birthday fell on the hottest day of the year so far, but
One of the glorious things about living in the great North West is
Ok, this totally wasn’t my fault. It’s been a warm day, the sun was shining, and I got an email from a nursery, 50 km out of town, that they were having a May Day sale. Buy one get one
I promised a few gals that I would show a tutorial for dandelion crowns next time I make one, and since I really have to mow the lawn, here’s a (long winded) how-to, with a much easier diagram at the
Everyone who is my friend of FB already knows it was Chloe’s 21st birthday yesterday because I went on and on about it practically all day. But just in case you missed it, or if you’re not on my FB, (why
Kerstie, Chloe and I went to a church bazar this morning and came up trumps! A whole box of knitted bits for $5. When we're finished yarn bombing the babies we will wrap and knit the bits around the old