Silent Sunday…

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My love affair with Gin is nearly as long as my love affair with my husband, and began (and nearly ended) at my 18th birthday party in March 1994. Raised in the Midlands on a weekend TV cocktail of James Bond movies (Saturday nights) and Formula One racing (Sunday afternoons), when I reached the grand old age…
It was only a week or so ago that I was lamenting the loss of my first born’s babyhood, thinking I would close the chapter of his crammed to bursting baby book that covers “firsts” and continue to feel blue for all eternity…or something like that. I was sad, anyhow. No more! This week bought…
According to Juliet, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I never cared much for the romance of roses. That is, until they actually did come to me under another name – Beards and Daisies. You see, I grew up spending Summer Sunday afternoons surrounded by exquisite, organically homegrown blooms cultivated…
Nothing quite says Christmas preparation like the word ‘hamper’ – and we’ve just been enjoying a delicious one from Del Monte – and you can too! Say #YesToTheBest and enter to win a hamper full of goodies including the new squeeze pouches featuring Mickey Mouse! They’re absolutely delicious – and I know that because my…
Today I’m playing catch up with a little review of a photography course I took a few months ago. Things have piled up in my inbox and I never got around to finishing the course or writing my thoughts about it, but it was a fantastic course and I do recommend it, and so here…
It’s when the weather is this hot that I’m especially grateful to be living on the South Coast of England. We have silky soft, sandy beaches to spend the day lay on [or chasing children on], hand dipped, home farmed ice creams to dine on and lush, breezy meadow walks to cherish on lazy Sunday…