Thank you Boris for giving us our hairstylists and gyms back. I can’t wait for the 12th April when I can god willing get my hair under some kind of control with the expert assistance of my wonderful hair stylist! 

This are prime examples of pictures that really get on my nerves because of their lack of good lighting and rustic aesthetic vibe, but nonetheless both these soups were packed with healthy and hearty ingredients.  And…. as I have committed, I am keeping a diary of some of my daily meals so that trumps any […]

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Today is William Morris Day! And I don’t have a sample of his glorious Art & Craft Movement style fabric designs photographed to share with you. Instead I’ve a lovely picture of a vase of white peachy pink roses on a beautiful cottage window sill! Enjoy them and…. google William Morris’s most famous quote, because […]

Looking to repaint a couple of pieces of furniture in my cabin, I’m currently gorging on Selina Lake’s superfluously luscious book on Outdoor Living with exquisite photography by Debi Treloar. Not that I need an excuse to read any of Selena’s books, they’re all gorgeous!  I bought a pot of true green (on the blue […]

I’ve been spending a lot of time in London recently, doing some really exciting and wonderful things. I plan to tell you about some of those things soon, but in the meantime here is a picture. See you shortly!

Our huge thanks go to Pooleys Aviation, and our fantastic pilot for the wonderful day they treated us to at their Elstree Aérodrome in Hertfordshire a few weeks ago. This was my son and I with the fixed wing light aircraft we had the privilege to have our trial flying lesson in. These are just […]

There are undoubtedly a thousand ways to make a chicken noodle soup and several hundred using a packet soup mix to help you on your way. Therefore this recipe is probably going to seem so ridiculously elementary as to be unnecessary to explain. However…. for any of you out there who might feel the need […]

This recipe from the official Coronation Toolkit – Coronation of Their Majesties The King & Queen Camilla on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Camilla is excellent. I love too how broad beans and spinach are a popular choice with home gardeners who like to grow their own vegetables. I wasn’t personally blessed with the green […]

If you’re anything like me, you will spend hours of your life ogling cookbooks on the shelves of Waterstones and other booksellers. And it was during one of these cookbook fests that I spied upon ‘The Saffron Tales’ by Yasmin Khan (Bloomsbury, 2016).  Initially it was the cover that really stood out, all turquoise-y and […]

Come and join me as I learn about all these exciting things… The story of my introduction into the world of food isn’t the usual one.  It is said that before the age of eleven I had the appetite of a sparrow and apart from my enthusiastic attempts at mud pie making, I had no […]

I felt like something different today. I’ve been thinking of ideas for blogging and while searching through my photos I found this design of mine from a few years back. It was part of a collection I had created based on my passion for all things turquoise and my love of the sea. And the […]

I’m so excited to finally see this design as a product! I designed it about nine years ago and never got round to printing it off until a couple of months ago. I know it’s kind of crazy to have pink and other colour vintage cars placed in the oceans instead of the land, but […]