Not quite designed for the village parking bays! Bill and I have now lived in this lovely Cotswold town for 43 years and there has never been a day when I regretted the move. My husband worked for Lloyds Bank in those days, and he was moved to the branch in nearby...
I was approached by Sally some years ago when she showed me an amazing old sampler. It had been in her family for some years and was particularly special as she can remember it hung in her aunt’s house when she visited for tea. Aged around six, she recalls staring at...
The mosaic that stands above the sideboard in the kitchen. I seem to have a chicken collection. This started by accident when my daughter Louise bought me a beautiful painted bird for my birthday about 10 years ago to sit in our newly fitted kitchen. Since then, the...
Bill put the new pianos through their paces for three hours! My mother-in-law had been trying to get rid of her upright piano for years, so I knew that Bill would arrive at our first home with a piano. Finally, his mother could rearrange her front room! I loved...
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...
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