I've been away again, saying goodbye to the end of the summer by way of a quick trip over the water to the Isle of Wight.  I planned it ...

~ Chamomile growing in clumps on the pebbly beach ~ Well that's this year's holiday jaunt over (and the reason it's been o...

Well, I went away and now I'm back and have been for a week but ... no blogging?  No. I'm currently sharing my laptop with my son wh...

:: Trick or Treaters from The Nightmare before Christmas (6 inch pumpkin) :: If only I hadn't succumbed to the 'flu, last weekend wo...

  ~ Carrots, leeks, courgettes, tagetes, cabbage, runner beans, tomatoes ~ :: The Regent's Park Allotment:: Being of a very curious nat...

Hello again, time's zipping by, we're nearly into Autumn and I'm still catching up with myself… There seems to be so much to pa...

Teenagers and tourists alike love the West End of London.  I don't.  I find it crushed, rushed and expensive.  In my garden and home, ...

At last I have a day free, the weather is fine and dry, slightly breezy but not too chilly - and I haven't posted for a few days so forg...

"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beaut y." - Georgia O'Keeffe I've...