Halloween is coming!
We live in fear, haunted by the prospect of the imminent budget of the Orwellian-Cromwellian Socialist Crusaders- ‘Let them eat vegetables!’ Cri du coeur. 1789 Just sayin’… These days, a 6am a sleepless night is not disturbed by birds waking
Sleepy autumn in the Surrey Hills
One minute we were chopping cucumber and strawberries for a late summer Pimms. The next it was sunflower bouquets and homemade cakes-all to quietly celebrate another birthday, another decade of perfect days slipping into sunsets and starry nights, a new
Tuscan Bugs
At home with wasps, bugs and the spice of life Whiney Bastard Stripey Bastard Bitey Bastard Blood sucking Bastard I now have a monumental lump on my thigh, matched only by the collection of savage bites inflicted by horse-flies. This
Ferragosto, starlit wine tasting and Segrettos
The scent of burnt lavender, the itch of the cicada song and the gurgles of the pool.
Hope Town, Elbow Cay, The Bahamas- Pirates, Island girls and Conchs
Our feet sank into the sugary pinks sands, footprints immediately washed away by foaming shallow wavelets.
