That soft spot in my heart for l’Artisan

What a week it was: too cold on several days to walk the dog or do my evening walk. Layers, heat on, still chilled. Would hunker under the duvet and a blanket and shiver for 5 minutes until I managed… Continue Reading

Chelsea boots!!!

I live in the southwest of England, near the Atlantic coast (on an estuary, not on the ocean itself). It’s generally a mild-ish climate. People grow palm trees. I know I complain about the weather – rainy, grey, damp, cloudy,… Continue Reading

Hibernation

It’s December.  Happy getting towards winter? Our tree (small but plump this year) went up today (see pic). For the time being the weather here has switched to dry, cold and bright which is a really pleasant change from wet,… Continue Reading

Reading cookbooks

The Christmas market has started in the cathedral town near where I live. We went today and I completely forgot to take pictures. I did get one of the cathedral interior – at least. The Xmas market is fun, although… Continue Reading

Damn, I wish I bought a backup

Snap. Last week, Tom wrote about department stores that are gone. I’d already started to conceptualise a post on perfumes etc that have disappeared. There isn’t that much long gone I kick myself about but the ones I missed —… Continue Reading

Five things

I had something in mind to write about but always check back at Posse to see if I’ve done that before and in this case I’d done something vaguely similar in 2020 so no go. Then, an article on perfume… Continue Reading

Wild things?

I planted a load of nasturtium seeds in the garden over the summer. Nothing happened for months. I think it was too hot and dry. So, I forgot about them. But late September, they started to come up – like,… Continue Reading