The beautiful Dutch Yard, part of Sarah Raven’s inspirational garden After having to curtail the treats for my 70th birthday last year, I was determined to do something special this time around. Bill came up with the perfect treat – we went away for one night...
An unexpected treat at Rio airport. Over the years we have enjoyed escorted tours from Voyage Jules Verne. Our taste of South America was certainly one of the most memorable. Our trip included Chile, Argentina and Brazil so you can imagine we were visiting the most...
I expect I have told you already about my cutting garden and how I love having home-grown flowers in the house. Over the past three years, I have doubled the number of flower beds and some are planted in cottage garden style with traditional plants like corncockle,...
Over the past few weeks I have been making up gorgeous silk collections into different colourways. Each set has an evocative title as I thought that it would perhaps give you ideas of how to use them – and also because it helped me select the colours once I had a...
Occasionally when I am out and about usually in and around the Cotswolds, I do find treasures that really do deserve a visit if you are in the area. One such is the Jolly Nice Farmshop, near Stroud. I promise it more than lives up to its name. This farm shop is...
Sometimes the best things are discovered by accident. My gold-plated needles are a good example, and something I’m rather proud of. It all started with a visit to a shop in Orange Country, California during a holiday spent with Jean Dittrich, the lady who...
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