Over two months away from my Vancouver garden and it shows! Happily the potaoes seem to have done very well. I dug up just three plants and look: There is a yellow fleshed variety, a pink blush type and a lovely
But before I had to leave there was still time for one more photo. Time for a walk to gather some treasures, time to say goodbye to my friends, time to bake one more crumble from the garden blackberries, apples and plums, time
You all know Theo, my sweet, older British cat by now. This is how things work in his little cat brain: In the evening he snuggles up at the foot of my bed and looks away as if to say, "I'm
There’s something magical about the English countryside. One sees it in old master’s paintings in museums, on the covers of chocolate boxes and fancy vacation brochures, but I can tell you that it really is that bucolic in places. Out
Gone are the bright mornings of summer. Here are the foggy, rosy, mythical mornings of King Arthur and Robin Hood. Walk down the lane with me this morning. Can’t you just picture the dragon stirring in the mist? The cow
You know how on a day out you sometimes say to yourself, “I’d like to go visit a castle
It’s a garden centre, a cafe with the yummiest lunches, a gourmet foods shop, a home decorating centre, a children’s fantasy shop, a speciality book store and an antiques shop all in one. If you’re an avid plants woman/man, want a
Believe me when I say: To define is to limit. From the Latin verb "definire"
The Astra sputtered and misfired on a cylinder driving up to the village hall the other day. It could have been one of about three problems, but, after going thru the easy fixes, the problem was narrowed down to a
I've missed a couple of weeks of whirls for one reason or another. You know what I'm like