Hannukah finished last week (see pic of last day candles below). It’s the last week before Christmas. So far, work has been decent but not mad. But I looked back at late December 2022 and for unknown reasons there were… Continue Reading
In places where it gets cold and snows I expect green, sappy, spring-ish fragrances are very welcome during autumn into winter. Well, here – where the road into the village just flooded for the fifth or sixth time this rainy… Continue Reading
Happy December? It’s been very cold here – like unusually – for the past few days. But we’re back to milder and wetter mid-week. I don’t have much today. I am waiting for a sample order and am now into… Continue Reading
Yes, really. I like Victoria Beckham and what she’s done with herself. Not your usual celebrity makeover. She wasn’t my fave Spice Girl (actually, I don’t have a favourite Spice Girl). But she seemed more in the background that Sporty,… Continue Reading
We’re talking paying for perfume today. I love perfume. I know we all do. We wouldn’t be faffing around here if we didn’t. But, in maybe the last year I’ve become a lot more aware of how some things that… Continue Reading
“Liberty is the chosen resort of the artistic shopper”. Oscar Wilde. Oh, Oscar. You are the man! I love Liberty. It’s not as huge as some other London landmarks; it doesn’t have every single department you could desire, as in… Continue Reading
A friend from here is running in the NY Marathon today. Sadly, you can only watch the professional runners on the BBC coverage. So, I’ll just have to wait for her Facebook posts to see how things went. We had… Continue Reading