prophet of bloom

 i think we can say it has been a mixed week during which i discovered that a silk jacket [pre-loved Liz Claiborne] did not dye wel...

i suspect the first six months of this year slipped while i was looking the other way because  quite suddenly it appears to be June ...

it's quite exhausting having to help with the bundling sometimes a pig just has to get away from it all and have a good wall...

when my chillun were small this phrase was their indication of distance ...'from here you can see Afrika' [usually announce...

in case you were wondering Kowhai [the piglet] is doing just fine somewhat comatose in these pix from a day of romping with ...

i am writing this post with a lapful of sleeping infant  fulfilling my grandmotherly duties because my soft-hearted Eldest performed a ...

coincidentally also good honest fun.

one man's weed is another woman's dye experiment spotted Berberis darwinii on one of my perambulations around delightf...