Sadly not a new ground cover plant, it is rampaging ground elder… With the use of social networks and finding myself amongst the Instagram generation by mistake, I thought I should come clean. Since I discovered that people buy gorgeous stuff from places like...
I like to hunt for treasures in person when I can but have developed a bit of an online crush on a site called The Linen Garden. I started by purchasing some small watercolours to add to the newly decorated bathroom and now thoroughly enjoy looking through owner...
We actually managed to tire Monty out! When Bill and I bought Pinks Barn in the early 80s I was thrilled to discover it had stone floors. Not very pretty ones actually, more like paving slabs inherited from the days when Pinks Barn was a restaurant. The reason for my...
I suppose this all started with Domestic Science at school (dare I say it – back in the sixties!) and we were always told that if the oven was on, all the shelves should be full so that all the heat was used. This must seem very old-fashioned now and I cannot say that...
Batty settled on the window frame – I promise he wasn’t in any real danger of being impaled on the needle minder below! Imagine the scene… I am in my tiny workroom one evening, mellow with a glass of white wine and happily typing some words for...
Thrilled with the new windows! Our decision to invest a large sum of money in changing the windows and doors here at Pinks Barn was initiated by our son James. I was bemoaning the fact that we had been so cold last winter and the high cost of the heating our home,...
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