I was pitching around early last week for something to write about as I’m not in London until this coming week (ie, couldn’t yet write about that) and didn’t have something specific in mind, and for some reason Amaranthine popped… Continue Reading
September … I’m not ready, can’t get my head round it. My son is in New York City. I’m a little jealous but very pleased he’s doing this trip without me. It’s a combo of holiday and seeing how he’d… Continue Reading
It’s a bank holiday weekend here – last of the summer. I did a food shop on Friday to see us through till Tuesday as I don’t want to be caught in tourist traffic. That title sounds so quaint, doesn’t… Continue Reading
I don’t have much today. I was planning on writing about Bond No 9 Chinatown, after mentioning it last week and managing to get ahold of two Bon Bons (the house’s samples; see pic — cute — maybe a bit… Continue Reading
We’re in the midst of heat wave number 2 (well, it’s promised it will finish tomorrow – we’ll see). Also, Environment Agency has declared drought conditions in this area. This is an area that floods each autumn into winter. Or… Continue Reading
I am having a hard time accepting it is the second week in August. We’re about to enter another (for here) heatwave. I can’t recall the last summer that was like this. Probably before I moved to this country –… Continue Reading
I had a whole post written, with pics, ready to upload. And then I made vanilla butter cookies with rosewater and listened to the decades-gone UK band Free play the song Fire and Water … which put paid to that.… Continue Reading