Right so I’m going to try very hard to write about the picture next to the picture to avoid the scrolling up and down but this will mean we’re going straight in. None of that spraff about how are you, what’s the news, have you remembered to water the pots (er no not as often…
A random selection for you this week on the basis that while you can’t please all of the people all of the time then different readers might find different things to take away or bookmark to come back to later. Also we’re going bumper today as I found lots of things that might be useful…
Morning and Happy Monday to you all. Warm enough for those of you in the UK? This is the time of year when I feel so thankful for my north-facing kitchen and study having spent the previous six months cursing them for their Baltic chilliness. But for today (and possibly even tomorrow), it’s a good…
Well pull up a chair (or a curved sofa) who’s been watching Halston? It’s a five part drama on Netflix about the fashion designer who started out as a milliner (finding fame after Jackie Kennedy wore one of his pillbox hats for the presidential inauguration) and went on to dominate the fashion of the 70s…
Well what a week. I spent most of it filming for something that I will tell you all about in September and then my in-laws came for the weekend; the first time they have been here since 2019. It felt so strange to see them inside and not huddling under an umbrella at the end…
As the UK opens up a little bit further and the weekend papers were all about being able to stay in hotels again I thought I’d share five of my favourite hotel rooms which have a homely feel – admittedly this might be the opposite of what you actually want at the moment – and…
Good Mooooooorning and Happy Monday (or hello and happy whatever day it is when you are reading this. Here, as ever to start the week are my favourite rooms that I have found and want to share with you as you might find them as inspiring as I have. Having just finished the redecoration of…
Well I don’t know about you but I’m in need of soothing calm this week. I wonder if it’s the thought of lockdown ending? Or, if things go wrong – not ending. You know when you are about to go on holiday and you suddenly feel exhausted or can’t sleep? It’s as if you have…
I never start this post with a theme in mind. It is a collection of pictures that have caught my eye over the week from various sources – usually Instagram – and I prefer to let the eye wander and see where we end up. This has the, hopefully, added advantage of appealing to more…
And welcome February – let’s hope by the end of this (short) month that things are looking up. Vaccination is proceeding and numbers are dropping and, what’s more, by the time the 28th rolls round those who have had their jabs should be on the way to being immune. So there are reasons to be…